Inverted Conical Jug

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Inverted Conical Jug

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Palestine

DateProbably sixth to early seventh centuries

DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam (rim): 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Diam (body): 1 7/8 in. (4.75 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown; tooled; applied handle and decoration.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1337

Not on View

DescriptionTransparent blue (darker than 5 B 6/2). Translucent similarly colored coil and handle. Thin glass. Blowing spirals. Very bubbly with black specks. Rim and neck free blown. Body probably blown into a one-part patterned mold and slightly expanded. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tip of handle folded back against top of handle. Circular mouth, with rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tubular neck tapering upward. Inverted conical body. Kicked base. Curved coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim where it is folded down to form a closed loop against the side of the mouth. Neck coil from left to right around middle of neck. On the body, mold-blown design of seven alternating rows of sunken hexagons. On underside of the base, nine radial indentations.

Published ReferencesAuth, Susan H., Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, 1976, p. 86, cited at no. 91.

Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 264-265, no. 187.