Pine Cone-shaped Bottle
Pine Cone-shaped Bottle
DateMid- to second half of the first century
DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Max Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.85 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.678
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent grayish yellow green (5 GY 7/2).
Thin glass. Numerous small spherical bubbles in neck and body; some vertically elongated bubbles in neck.
Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto both sides of neck (MCT VIII E).
Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck. Body shaped like a hanging pine cone.
On the body, a pattern of oval scales with central dimples, imitating the scales of a pine cone.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 20, 1978, p. 83, fig. 20.
Grose, David F., "The Origins and Early History of Glass," in D. Klein and W. Lloyd eds., The History of Glass, London, 1984, p. 37, ill.
Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 181-182, no. 111, color pl. 17.
Probably second half of the first century
Perhaps 2nd century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-1st to early 2nd century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Probably second half of the first century
Probably first century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-1st to early 2nd century
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