Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles

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Bulbous Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

MediumGlass; expanded mold-blown; tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.662

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DescriptionThis bulbous bottle with two handles, classified as Bulbous Bottle II A 3 a with handles I A 2 d, is made of transparent to translucent moderate yellowish-brown glass (near 10 YR 5/4) with similarly colored translucent handles. The body was blown into a one-part patterned mold, then slightly twisted and expanded. The neck and mouth were free-blown and tooled. The rim is folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. The bottle has a tall tubular neck, a sloping shoulder, and a bulbous body with its greatest diameter at the center, tapering to a concave base. There are two curving coil handles applied to the shoulder, which touch down at the center of the neck and attach to the rim to form a double-tiered loop. The surface decoration consists of twenty curved corrugations from the shoulder to just above the base. The glass is medium thin, though the fabric cannot be fully determined because of weathering. A pontil mark approximately 1.4 cm in diameter is visible on the base.