Bulbous Lenticular Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 8 9/16 in. (21. 9 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Body Diam: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, twisted, free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. L. Schinasi

Object number

1930.26

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small bubbles elongated vertically in neck, diagonally in body. Black specks and stone in handles. Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Translucent similarly colored coils. Translucent blue-green handles (not in rock color chart). Dark red streaks in handles. Body blown into a one-part patterned mold, twisted and expanded, then flattened on four sides. Pontil mark ca. 1.5 cm. Neck free-blown. Added coils. Excess glass at tips of handles folded back against top of handle and pinched flat. Flaring rim, rounded in flame. Tubular neck with slight bulge above constriction at its base. Roughly circular flat-sided body with broad flanks. Concave base with kick. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to neck coil. Rim coil and neck coil from left to right. On body from shoulder to just above base, thirty curved corrugations, becoming less distinct away from shoulder. CLASSIFICATION: Lentoid Bottle I A 1 a.

Published References"A Gift of Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art News, 59, February 1931, ill.