Inverted Conical Jug

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Inverted Conical Jug

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Palestine

DateProbably 6th to early 7th century

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

DescriptionThis jug is made of transparent blue glass, darker than 5 B 6/2, with a similarly colored coil and handle. The thin glass is very bubbly, with visible blowing spirals and black specks. The rim and neck were free-blown, while the body was probably blown into a one-part patterned mold and slightly expanded. A pontil mark about 1.2 cm in diameter remains. The excess glass at the tip of the handle is folded back against the top of the handle. The jug has a circular mouth with a rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Its tubular neck tapers upward to meet the inverted conical body, which rests on a kicked base with nine radial indentations underneath. A curved coil handle was applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim, forming a closed loop against the side of the mouth. A decorative coil is wrapped around the middle of the neck. The mold-blown body is decorated with seven rows of sunken hexagons.

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.