Cylindrical Jug with Three Pairs of Floral Sprays

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Cylindrical Jug with Three Pairs of Floral Sprays

Place of OriginPerhaps Syria or Palestine

DateFirst half of the first century

DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.438

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DescriptionOpaque pale blue (near 5 B 6/2). Neck free blown. Body and lower part of neck blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT I). Tip of handle drawn out thin. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. On the flat underside of the base, a circular channel between base ring (D 2.6 cm) and central disk (D 1.4 cm), with a shallow narrow groove at 0.1 cm from its edge. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above; handle has two attachments to shoulder and split to thumbrest. Handle positioned above mold seam between mold sections 1 and 2. On the lower part of the neck and shoulder, a frieze of twenty-seven downturned flutes. On the body, three pairs of floral sprays arranged horizontally tip to tip. In the mold sections, from left to right: 1, trefoil leaves (ivy) and triple fruit; 2 and 3, trefoil leaves (ivy) alternating with single and triple fruit. On the bottom, a frieze of twenty-nine upturned flutes. Opaque pale blue (near 5 B 6/2). Neck free blown. Body and lower part of neck blown into a four-part mold of three vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section (MCT I). Tip of handle drawn out thin. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. On the flat underside of the base, a circular channel between base ring (D 2.6 cm) and central disk (D 1.4 cm), with a shallow narrow groove at 0.1 cm from its edge. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above; handle has two attachments to shoulder and split to thumbrest. Handle positioned above mold seam between mold sections 1 and 2. On the lower part of the neck and shoulder, a frieze of twenty-seven downturned flutes. On the body, three pairs of floral sprays arranged horizontally tip to tip. In the mold sections, from left to right: 1, trefoil leaves (ivy) and triple fruit; 2 and 3, trefoil leaves (ivy) alternating with single and triple fruit. On the bottom, a frieze of twenty-nine upturned flutes.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 168-169. no. 77.