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pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Made FromGlass

Date300-499

Techniqueblown, applied

SizeOverall H: 12.3 cm, Diam (max. near base): 7.8 cm

Accession Number54.1.55

Credit LineGift of I. C. Elston, Jr.

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionPale green, transparent glass; blown, applied. Pitcher with funnel mouth and roughly hemispherical body. Rim everted, with partly tubular lip made by folding up, in, and down; neck cylindrical, wider at bottom than at top; base broad and almost flat, but with hint of kick; pontil mark. Decorated with two thin trails: (1) wound five times around rim, just below lip; (2) wound three to four times around bottom of neck. Handle with circular cross section dropped onto upper wall, drawn up and out, then sharply in, and attached to rim; excess glass folded over top of handle and rim.
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