Grape Bunch-shaped Bottle
Grape Bunch-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
DateSecond half of the first century CE
DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown in a two-part mold, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.886
Not on View
DescriptionThis bottle is made of medium-thin glass in an opaque streaked pale purple blue hue, with black streaks visible on the interior of the neck and a white streak on the exterior. The neck was formed by free-blowing, while the body was blown into a two-part mold consisting of two vertical sections. A continuous mold seam runs around the body and extends onto the underside of the base (MCT VIII). The relief remains crisp.
The rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. The tall cylindrical neck rises above a body shaped like a three-lobed bunch of small round grapes, with a vine leaf hanging from the shoulder on each side. The bottle has a slender profile that tapers toward the top and a concave underside of the base.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 180, no. 109, color pl. 17.Second half of the first century CE
Second half of first century CE
Probably second quarter of first century
Probably second half of 1st century
Probably early third century
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
Perhaps second quarter of first century
First century
Probably third century
Late 6th- early 7th centuries CE
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