Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Ovoid Bottle with Stylized Grape Pattern
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Probably Syrian or inland Palestinian
DateProbably third century
DimensionsH: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm);
H Body: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm);
Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7-6.3 cm);
Diam Rim: 1 3/8 in. (3.5-3.4 cm);
Diam Base: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 x 3.3 cm)
H Body: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm);
Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7-6.3 cm);
Diam Rim: 1 3/8 in. (3.5-3.4 cm);
Diam Base: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 x 3.3 cm)
MediumMedium thick glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1080
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent to transparent dark grayish green (10 Y 6/6) to light olive brown (5 Y 5/6). Medium thick glass. Small vertically elongated oval and linear bubbles in neck and small spherical bubbles in body.
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.
Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall cylindrical neck. Hollow projecting roll above shoulder collar. Ovoid body. Flat base.
On the body, stylized pattern of grapes consisting of ten interlocking rows of twenty-one contiguous hemispherical knobs. At the shoulder, opposite each other and centered between the mold seams, two small vestigial leaves without central vein. Underside of base undecorated.
CLASSIFICATION: Stylized Grape Bottle, Series A
Translucent to transparent dark grayish green (10 Y 6/6) to light olive brown (5 Y 5/6).
Translucent to transparent dark grayish green (10 Y 6/6) to light olive brown (5 Y 5/6). Medium thick glass. Small vertically elongated oval and linear bubbles in neck and small spherical bubbles in body.
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.
Flaring rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall cylindrical neck. Hollow projecting roll above shoulder collar. Ovoid body. Flat base.
On the body, stylized pattern of grapes consisting of ten interlocking rows of twenty-one contiguous hemispherical knobs. At the shoulder, opposite each other and centered between the mold seams, two small vestigial leaves without central vein. Underside of base undecorated.
CLASSIFICATION Stylized Grape Bottle, Series A
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, no. 122, p. 192-193.
Probably third century
Probably 3rd Century CE
Probably third century
First half of the first century
Probably mid- to second half of first century
Probably mid-first century
Probably mid-first century
Perhaps second quarter of first century
Probably mid- or third quarter of the first century
Second quarter to mid-first century CE
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