Cylindrical Jug with Spouted Mouth

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine

DateProbably fourth or sixth century

DimensionsH: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)

MediumGlass; mold blown, removed, free blown, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1004

Not on View

DescriptionThis jug is made of thin glass in a transparent natural green hue; the exact color and fabric cannot be fully determined due to weathering. The handle is similarly colored. The body was blown into a one-part ribbed and grooved cylindrical mold, then removed, with the mouth and neck free-blown and tooled. The base is too weathered to see a pontil mark. Excess glass at the tip of the handle is folded backward into a loop at the rim. Classified as Jug Class IB1b with coil handle IA2a, the vessel features a spouted mouth with a rim folded outward, upward, and inward. The neck tapers gently with a curved transition to the shoulder. The cylindrical body tapers slightly toward a flat base. A straight plain coil handle is attached to the shoulder and rim, folding down to form a closed loop against the side of the mouth. The body is decorated with 29 vertical mold-blown corrugations from shoulder to base.