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 in. (7.7 cm); Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.683
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent dark blue. Two similarly colored handles.
Medium 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 follows central rib around body. Tips of handles not drawn out; they could have been snapped off when the glass cooled or was cut off with shears.
Everted rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Ovoid body. Convex base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim. Handles positioned over mold seam.
On each side of the body, sixteen concentric circular ribs. Center of each side left undecorated.
Translucent dark 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 not drawn out; they could have been snapped off when the glass cooled or cut off with shears.
Everted rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Ovoid body. Convex base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim. Handles positioned over mold seam.
On each side of the body, sixteen concentric circular ribs. Center of each side left undecorated.
Label TextNeck 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 not drawn out; they could have been snapped off when the glass cooled or cut off with shears. Everted rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Ovoid body. Convex base. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim. Handles positioned over mold seam. On each side of the body, sixteen concentric circular ribs. Center of each side left undecorated.Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 160, no. 70, color pl. 12.Probably second half of the first century
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second half of 1st century
First half of the first century
Probably first century
Second half of the first century CE
Second half of first century CE
Second half of first century CE
Second half of the first century CE
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