Grape Bunch-shaped Bottle
Grape Bunch-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
DateSecond half of the first century CE
DimensionsH: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); Diam: 3/4 in. (2 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown in a two-part mold, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.885
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent blue? (color cannot be clearly determined because of weathering).
Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body (MCT VIII). Relief crisp.
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck. Body shaped like a bunch of grapes. Circular flat underside of base.
Body shaped like a three-lobed bunch of small round grapes with a vine leaf hanging from the shoulder on either side.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 180-181, no. 110.Second half of the first century CE
Probably late third century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
Third century
Late 6th- early 7th centuries CE
Probably second half of the first century
First half of 3rd century
Third century
Probably second half of 1st century
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