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Object NameJug

Made FromGlass

Date500-699

Place MadeRoman Empire; Syro-Palestine

TechniqueMold-blown (body blown in multi-part mold, probably w/6 vertical sections and separate base plate...

SizeOverall H (max): 13.1 cm, W (max at shoulder): 6.9 cm, Rim Diam: 4.1 cm

Accession Number52.1.57

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Roman Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass

Title Unknown (Ontario Science Centre)

Title Unknown (Philbrook Museum of Art)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionPale green, transparent glass; mold-blown, applied. Rim everted, with rounded lip; neck cylindrical, splaying at bottom; shoulder rounded; wall straight, tapering slightly; base plain, with low kick; pontil mark containing scale. Single trail applied to neck at mid-point, wound in descending spiral, which terminates at edge of shoulder. Single handle with rod-shaped cross section dropped onto shoulder and bottom of trail, and attached to edge of rim, with excess glass drawn down in narrow thread over outer surface, ending at lower attachment. Mold-blown decoration in sunken relief on walls and base. On base: star with six arms, each with three-prolonged end.
Provenance

Source Stack's Galleries - 1952-04-29

Former Collection Clara Sobernheim (German, 1888-1963) - 1933-1952

Former Collection Sobernheim

Former Collection Moritz Sebastian Sobernheim (German, 1872-1933)
Berlin, Germany, before 1933