miniature

Object NameMiniature Bottle

Made FromGlass

Datepossibly 1-99; possibly 1800-1975

Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Europe

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H: 7.6 cm, Diam (max): 6.4 cm

Accession Number74.1.29

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

A Touch of Glass

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionTransparent amethyst glass with small bubbles; opaque white trail; blown, applied. Roughly globular shape body; collar-like rim nearly folded outward, downward and upward; cylindrical neck; body has maximum diameter above mid-point and shallow tooled groove above this; two handles, each attached to shoulder, drawn upward in two prominent ribs, bent inward at level of rim and attached to top of neck; opaque white trail wound around top of rim; discord base with small concavity at center; no pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1974-12-12