Date-shaped Bottle

Place of OriginPhoenicia

DateMid-first to early second century

DimensionsH: 2 7/8 in. (7.33 cm); Body H: 2 7/16 in. (6.22 cm); Max Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2 cm)

MediumGlass; rim tooled, mold-blown in a three-part mold.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.571

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic

DescriptionTranslucent dark brownish-yellow. Medium thin glass. Numerous pinprick and small elongated bubbles, vertical in neck, horizontal in body. Black streaks in rim and neck. Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto both sides of neck, and a central mold seam on one side; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV B). Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a diamond cross section. Relief pattern of short straight ridges, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date. Translucent dark brownish yellow. Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto both sides of neck, and a central mold seam on one side; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV B). Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a diamond cross section. Relief pattern of short straight ridges, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 178, no. 104, color pl. 16.

Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 107.