Miniature Transport Amphora

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Miniature Transport Amphora

DateSecond half of first century CE

DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Max Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.686

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DescriptionTranslucent to transparent pale olive (near 10 Y 6/2). Two translucent pale blue handles. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII). One continuous mold seam around body. Edges of mold carefully aligned. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back. Rim folded downward, outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Elongated ovoid body with circular cross section. Pointed base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to underside of rim. Handles positioned adjacent to mold seam. Body decorated with twenty-four concentric, horizontal mold-blown ridges from neck to just above base. Translucent to transparent pale olive (near 10 Y 6/2). Two translucent pale blue handles. Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII). One continuous mold seam around body. Edges of mold carefully aligned. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back. Rim folded downward, outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Elongated ovoid body with circular cross section. Pointed base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to underside of rim. Handles positioned adjacent to mold seam. Body decorated with twenty-four concentric, horizontal mold-blown ridges from neck to just above base.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 158-159, no. 66.