jug

Object NameJug

Made FromGlass

Date200-399

Techniquemold-blown, reworked, applied

SizeOverall H: 12.8 cm; Body W: 7 cm

Accession Number79.1.31

Credit LineGift of Richard C. Reedy

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass with translucent green handle; mold-blown, two-part mold, rim reworked, handle applied. Globular body; rim outsplayed, folded upward and inward, pinched to form trefoil mouth; cylindrical neck, splaying toward bottom; rounded base; reeded ribbon handle applied to shoulder and rim. Mold-blown decoration in four registers: (1) six graduated circles with central bosses, separated by panels of hatching; (2) eight graduated circles with central bosses, separated by panels containing bosses; (3) as above, but with six circles only; (4) on base, circular rosette. Parts of decoration indistinct, mold parts not joined evenly.
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