Fragment of Bottle
Fragment of Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateEarly to mid-first century CE
DimensionsMax L: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Max W: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGold-band glass; assembled from lengths of cane and cast, rotary-polished, cut on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.19
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of basal angle and bottom of bottle. Convex curving basal angle; flat bottom. Gold-band mosaic pattern formed in the following order from serpentine lengths of canes in blue encasing opaque yellow (appearing green), dark blue backed by opaque white, and colorless encasing shattered gold leaf. This pattern was probably repeated three times over the vessel. On the exterior, four narrow horizontal grooves: one just above the basal angle (probably one of two originally present); two in a band below the junction of the side and bottom; and the fourth, a small circular groove, at the center of the bottom.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 606, p. 339.
First century BCE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
First century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
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