Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Syria or inland Palestine
DateProbably 3rd century CE
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
DescriptionThis ovoid bottle with stylized grape pattern, classified as a Stylized Grape Bottle, Series A, is made of translucent grayish yellow green to dusky yellow green glass (near 5 GY 7/2 to 5 GY 5/2) with medium thick walls and pinprick to large vertically elongated bubbles in the neck; the neck and projecting roll are free-blown while the body and collar above the shoulder were blown into a three-part mold with two vertical sections and a disk-shaped base section (MCT VII), producing crisp relief and vertical mold seams that align between the stylized leaves, with a rim rounded and thickened in flame showing a tool mark on the interior, a tall cylindrical neck with a constriction at its base, a hollow projecting roll above the shoulder collar, an ovoid body with a slightly concave base, and two coil handles attached to the shoulder and lower neck over the leaf motifs, with excess glass drawn thin and folded back.
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 3rd century
Probably 3rd century
Probably 3rd century
Probably 3rd century
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
First half of the 1st century
Second half of 1st century CE
4th century CE
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