Barrel-shaped Bottle with Two Handles
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
Not on View
DescriptionBarrel-shaped bottle with two handles made of translucent royal blue glass with two similarly colored handles. Thin glass with small spherical bubbles in the neck. The neck was free-blown while the ovoid body was blown into a two-part vertical mold (MCT VIII K) with a continuous mold seam that follows a central rib around the body. The rim is partly folded outward, upward, and inward. The bottle has a tall concave neck and a convex base. Two coil handles were applied to the shoulder and attached just above the midpoint of the neck; the handles are positioned at an oblique angle to the mold seam, with one handle twisted to adjust its placement. Each side of the body displays an eight-petaled rosette in raised relief at the center of sixteen concentric circular ribs, although the ribs are 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.
Probably second half of the first century
Late 3rd century CE
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
First half of the first century
Probably first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
3rd century CE
Probably first half of the first century
Probably second half of 1st century
Probably mid- or third quarter of the first century
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