Donut-Shaped Bottle with Two Handles (Lenticular Donut)

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Donut-Shaped Bottle with Two Handles (Lenticular Donut)

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Body Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Body Thickness: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown, tooled, applied handles.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1346

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Numerous medium-sized linear elongated bubbles in neck and upper body, oval and diagonally elongated in body. Transparent natural light olive tint (near 10 Y 5/4). Streaky translucent pale green (10 G 6/2) and dark reddish-brown (10 R 3/4) handles. Free-blown. Pontil mark 1.3 cm. Excess glass at tips of handles folded back against top of handles and flattened. Hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward with tool mark along interior, distinct mouth. Funnel neck. Steeply sloped shoulder. Circular flat-sided body with body walls joined at center to leave an oval of flat glass (2.8 x 2.2 cm). Pad base with diagonal tool marks on exterior surface. Two curved solid handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim where they are folded upward, inward, downward, and pinched to form diagonal projections above rim. CLASSIFICATION: Donut-Shaped Bottle I C 4 f with handles I A 1 b.