Piriform Jug on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateSecond half of fourth to early fifth century

DimensionsH: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Base Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1186

Not on View

DescriptionThis piriform jug is made of thin glass, although the fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. It appears transparent manganese-colored pale red (5 R 6/2), with a translucent pale olive handle and added coils (near 10 Y 6/2). The vessel is free-blown and tooled, with a pontil mark about 1.4 cm in diameter. The excess glass at the tip of the handle is folded back on top of the handle. There is possibly a toolmark on the interior of the handle. It has a flaring circular mouth with a rim rounded in flame, a concave neck with a curved transition to a strongly sloped shoulder, and an elongated piriform body. The base is pushed in and domed, with a hollow tubular base ring. A straight plain coil handle is applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim, pressed down against the side of the mouth and then back out. The decoration includes a rim coil and neck coil. This vessel is classified as Jug IA2a with a plain coil handle IA2a.