Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.998

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DescriptionThin glass. Small spherical bubbles in body. Transparent manganese colored grayish red purple (near 5 RP 4/2). Translucent similarly colored handles. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.8 cm. Added thread. Tooled. Excess glass at tips of handles drawn back over projection at top of handles and flattened. Hollow rim, folded outward, downward, outward, and upward. Tubular neck tapering upward. Gently sloping shoulder. Near spherical body. Concave base. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim where they are folded upward and pinched to form vertical projections. Around lower part of neck and shoulder, seven revolutions of thread trailed on downward from left to right. Around body, eight irregularly sized and spaced indentations. CLASSIFICATION: Bulbous Bottle II A 3 a with handles I A 1 b.