Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or inland Palestine
DateProbably third century
DimensionsH: 6 1/8 in. (15.3 cm); Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown in a two part mold, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1225
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thick glass. Pinprick to large vertically elongated bubbles in neck.
Translucent grayish yellow green (near 5 GY 7/2) to dusky yellow green (5 GY 5/2). Similarly colored handles.
Neck and projecting roll free blown. Body and collar above shoulder blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section (MCT VII). Vertical mold seams halfway between the leaves. Relief crisp. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back.
Rim rounded and thickened in flame; tool mark on the interior. Tall cylindrical neck, with constriction at its base. Hollow projecting roll above shoulder collar. Ovoid body. Slightly concave base. Two coil handles attached to shoulder and applied to lower part of neck, positioned over leaves.
CLASSIFICATION: Stylized Grape Bottle, Series A
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 192, no. 121.
Probably 3rd Century CE
Probably third century
First half of the first century
Second half of first century CE
Probably second quarter of the first century
First half of the first century
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
Probably second quarter of the first century
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