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Object NameBird-Shaped Bottle
Made FromGlass
Date1-299
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Eastern Mediterranean
Techniqueblown
SizeOverall H: 5.9 cm, W: 4.3 cm, L (restored): 9.7 cm
Accession Number54.1.39
Credit LineGift of I. C. Elston, Jr.
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Animals in Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionVery pale green, transparent glass; blown. Bottle: bird-shaped. Rim everted, with rounded edge and pronounced pouring lip; neck cylindrical, inclined backward from rim; body roughly egg-shaped, drawn out at back to form "tail"; base flat; no pontil mark, but tool marks immediately below neck.
Provenance
Source I. C. Elston Jr. - 1954-09-07

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