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pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Made FromGlass

Date1-50

TechniqueMold-blown, 4-part mold; rim reworked, applied

SizeOverall Diam (max): 10.3 cm; Rim H: 19.3 cm

Accession Number65.1.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

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

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Syria; possibly Palestine

Physical DescriptionTransparent light green glass; mold-blown, four-piece mold; rim reworked; handle applied. Ovoid body, curves inward towards bottom; rim everted, folded upward and inward, then pinched into pronounced trefoil; neck slightly constricted below rim, then cylindrical; shoulder rounded; base concave with small central depression; handle applied below rim and on shoulder, folded at top to form sloping thumb-stop. Mold-blown decoration: at base of neck, bottoms of faint vertical flutes with rounded ends; on body, three friezes: (a) below two horizontal ribs, running sprays of alternate upright and inverted palmettes; (b) below horizontal rib, lattice pattern of conjoined lozenges; (c) below horizontal rib and extending to bottom, vertical flutes rounded at top.
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