jug
Object NameJug
Made FromGlass
Date200-399
Place MadeRoman Empire
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)
Exhibitions
Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Richard C. Reedy
- 1979-12-27
