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

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DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural green. Similarly colored handle. Exact color cannot be determined becuase of weathering. Body blown into a one-part ribbed and grooved cylindrical mold. Mouth and neck free-blown. Base too weathered to see pontil mark. Excess glass at tip of handle folded backward into loop at rim. Spouted mouth; rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Cylindrical body with slight taper toward base. Base flat. Straight plain coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim where it is folded down to form a closed loop against the side of the mouth. On body, 29 vertical mold-blown corrugations from shoulder to base. CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IB1b with coil handle IA2a.