Unguentarium

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date1st-2nd Century CE

DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.7 cm); Lip Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, with spiral trailed decoration.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.508

Not on View

DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Translucent dark blue. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added thread, partly melted into surface. Everted rim, rounded in flame. Tall tapering neck. Squat bulbous body with largest diameter in center. Base flattened. Spiral thread from lower part of neck to center of base.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 53, no. 112. (A close parallel dated "Second half of 1st century A.D.")