jug
Object NameJug
Made FromGlass
Date300-499
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean; probably Syria; possibly Palestine
Techniqueblown, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm, Diam (max): 5.4 cm
Accession Number86.1.12
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green; blown, tooled; mouth finished at glory hole; applied. Jug with funnel mouth. Rim plain, rounded; mouth tapers; cylindrical neck, widening at bottom and merging with shoulder, which has rounded edge; wall splays and turns inward at bottom; plain concave base; pontil mark. Handle with circular cross-section dropped on to shoulder, pulled upward and outward and then bent in, folded and attached to side of funnel mouth. Trailed decoration: below rim, one trail applied below lip and wound counter-clockwise in six and a half revolutions around outside of mouth; on lower neck one trail wound one and a half times around circumference. Blowing spirals on body.Provenance
Source
Estate of Martha J. Herpst
- 1986-07-31
