Cedar Cone-shaped Bottle
Cedar Cone-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome, perhaps western Mediterranean
DateProbably second half of the first century
DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Body H: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Max Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.45 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.24 cm)
MediumGlass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.887
Not on View
DescriptionThis bottle is made of medium-thin glass in an opaque pale blue hue. The neck was formed by free-blowing, while the body was blown into a two-part mold with two vertical sections. A continuous mold seam runs around the body and extends onto the underside of the base (MCT VIII D).
The rim is everted and rounded in the flame. The neck is concave, leading to a piriform body shaped like a cedar cone. The base is circular and flat.
On the shoulder, there is a band of three horizontal ridges. The body is decorated with a close-set pattern of diamond-shaped raised scales with central dimples, imitating the surface of a cedar cone. The underside shows three slightly raised concentric ridges.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 182, no. 112.
Mid- to second half of the first century
Second half of the first century CE
Mid-first to early second century
Second half of the first century CE
First century
First century
Second half of the first century CE
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second half of first century
Probably second quarter of first century
Probably second half of the 1st century
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