Barrel-shaped Bottle with Two Handles

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Barrel-shaped Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or Palestine

DateProbably second half of the first century

DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.682

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DescriptionTranslucent royal blue. Two similarly colored handles. Thin glass. Small spherical bubbles in neck. Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII K). One continuous mold seam follows central rib around body. Tips of handles drawn out thin. Rim partly folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall concave neck. Ovoid body. Convex base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached just above midpoint of neck. Handles positioned at an oblique angle to mold seam (one handle twisted in an attempt to correct the problem). On each side of the body, an eight-petaled rosette in raised relief at the center of sixteen concentric circular ribs. Ribs often roughly indicated. Translucent royal blue. Two similarly colored handles. Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections (MCT VIII K). One continuous mold seam follows central rib around body. Tips of handles drawn out thin. Rim partly folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall concave neck. Ovoid body. Convex base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached just above midpoint of neck. Handles positioned at an oblique angle to mold seam (one handle twisted in an attempt to correct the problem). On each side of the body, an eight-petaled rosette in raised relief at the center of sixteen concentric circular ribs. Ribs often roughly indicated.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 159-160, no. 69.