Cylindrical Jug with Trefoil Mouth on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam (rim): 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Diam (body): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam (base): 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)

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

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1206

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DescriptionThis cylindrical jug with a trefoil mouth and base ring is mold-blown, removed, free-blown, and tooled from medium thin transparent glass with a natural green tint, with translucent similarly colored handles and coil, though the exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. The fabric contains numerous medium-sized bubbles. The body and base were blown into a one-part vertically ribbed and grooved conical mold, while the neck and mouth were formed free-blown with a pontil mark about 1.3 cm in diameter. An added rim coil and neck coil run from left to right. The rim is rounded and thickened in flame to form the trefoil mouth, and the neck tapers with a curved transition to a sloping shoulder that shows a slight bulge at the edge of the mold. The cylindrical body tapers slightly downward and ends in a concave pushed-in base with a tubular base ring. Two angular plain coil handles were applied to the shoulder and attached to the mouth and rim, where each is folded diagonally inward and upward to form a closed loop. On the body are 18 mold-blown vertical corrugations twisted to the right at the base and continuing to the center underside. This vessel is classified as II B 2 g with handles II A 2 a.