Cylindrical Bottle with One Pair of Floral Sprays
Cylindrical Bottle with One Pair of Floral Sprays
Place of OriginAncient Rome, perhaps Syria or Palestine
DateProbably mid- or third quarter of the first century
DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm); Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.483
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent to translucent streaked manganese colored glass. Translucent grayish blue handle.
Thin glass. Small oval and spherical bubbles in body.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part (?) mold of two vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section which included the ribbed area around the bottom (MCT V). Mold seams between the ends of the floral sprays do not continue onto the shoulder. Relief indistinct. Tip of handle drawn out thin. Vertical crimps at base of neck.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Neck tapers downward. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. On the flat underside of the base, one broad raised circle around central dimple. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned at a distance from mold seam at back of sprays.
On the shoulder, a frieze of twenty-six fine ribs with thickened lower ends. On the body, two floral sprays arranged horizontally tip to tip, each with single-pointed leaves alternating with round fruit (not naturalistic but possibly stylized olive). Around the bottom, a frieze of thirty fine ribs with thickened upper ends.
Transparent to translucent streaked manganese colored glass. Translucent grayish blue handle.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a three-part(?) mold of two vertical sections joined to a cup-shaped base section which included the ribbed area around the bottom (MCT V). Mold seams between the ends of the floral sprays do not continue onto the shoulder. Relief indistinct. Tip of handle drawn out thin. Vertical crimps at base of neck.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Neck tapers downward. Convex shoulder and convex bottom joined by a cylindrical body. On the flat underside of the base, one broad raised circle around central dimple. Bifurcated handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim with projecting thumbrest above. Handle positioned at a distance from mold seam at back of sprays.
On the shoulder, a frieze of twenty-six fine ribs with thickened lower ends. On the body, two floral sprays arranged horizontally tip to tip, each with single-pointed leaves alternating with round fruit (not naturalistic but possibly stylized olive). Around the bottom, a frieze of thirty fine ribs with thickened upper ends.
Published ReferencesEisen, Gustavus A., with Fahim Kouchakji, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, vol. I, New York, 1927, p. 253, pl. 52, below left.
Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 169, no. 78.
First half of the first century
First half of the first century
Probably second half of first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably second half of 1st century
Probably second quarter of the first century
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second half of the first century
First century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
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