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Object NameBottle
Made FromGlass
Date600-799
Place Madeprobably Syria
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 13.1 cm, Diam (max): 6.4 cm
Accession Number55.1.107
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Small Wonders Exhibition
Glass from the Ancient World
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionBottle. Almost colorless glass but with green tinge; blown, applied. Bottle: cylindrical. Rim everted, turned inward, and flattened; neck cylindrical, with wide bulge near bottom; shoulder rounded; wall straight, curving in at bottom; foot splays, with rounded edge and slightly concave underside; pontil mark roughly circular (D. about 1.6 cm). Decoration consists of three horizontal rows of prominent applied motifs that extend from top to bottom of wall (from top): (1) 10 rings (D. 1.3-1.5 cm); (2) four quatrefoils; and (3) four circular pads, with edges pulled outward to form "stars" with nine (or in one case seven) projections.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
plate
Gordon "Don" D. Wier
designed in 1948
jar
Philip Baldwin
1982-1983
jar
Philip Baldwin
1982-1983
jar
Monica Guggisberg
1982-1983
jar
Philip Baldwin
1982-1983
decanter
Imperial Glass Corporation
about 1953-1954