Inverted Conical Jug

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Inverted Conical Jug

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Palestine

DateProbably sixth to early seventh centuries

DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1336

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DescriptionTransparent moderate blue green (near 5 BG 4/6). Translucent similarly colored coil and handle. Thin glass. Very bubbly. Blowing spirals. Neck and mouth 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. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Circular mouth. Tubular neck tapering upward. Inverted conical body. Base with low tooled kick. 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 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. 265, no. 188.