Acorn-shaped Bottle
Acorn-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine, perhaps made in Sidon
DateFirst half of the first century
DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); H (body): 2 13/16 in. (7.15 cm); Max Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Rim Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumMedium thin glass, mold-blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.441
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque white.
Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and knobbed pointed base (MCT VIII). Excess glass at lower tips of handles cut off and pinched to form a small disk.
Rim irregularly pulled outward and inward. Concave neck. Body shaped like an acorn tapering to a slight knob at base. Two coil handles applied to underside of rim and drawn down to shoulder but not attached. Handles positioned halfway between mold seams.
On the shoulder, a pattern of five horizontal bands of linked boxes, imitating the hard woody cupule surrounding the nut.
Opaque white.
Rim tooled. Neck and body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and knobbed pointed base (MCT VIII). Excess glass at lower tips of handles cut off and pinched to form a small disk.
Rim irregularly pulled outward and inward. Concave neck. Body shaped like an acorn tapering to a slight knob at base. Two coil handles applied to underside of rim and drawn down to shoulder but not attached. Handles positioned halfway between mold seams.
On the shoulder, a pattern of five horizontal bands of linked boxes, imitating the hard woody cupule surrounding the nut.
Published ReferencesRichter, Gisela M.A., "The Curtis Collection of Ancient Glass," Art in America; Vol. 2, 1914, repr. fig. 12, p. 83.
Stern, E. Marianne, "The Workshop of the floating handles," in Gnade, M., Stips Votiva, Papers presented to C. M. Stibbe, Amsterdam 1991, pp. 199-204, fig. 1 [article in pam. file].
Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, 1995, no. 113, p. 182-183, color pl. 11, p. 54.
Second half of the first century CE
First century
Probably second half of the first century
Second half of the first century CE
First half of the first century
Second half of first century CE
Second half of first century CE
Probably first century
Second half of the first century CE
Probably second half of the first century
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