flask

Object NameDropper Flask

Made FromGlass

Date200-299

Techniqueblown, applied, tooled

SizeOverall H: 17.4 cm, Diam (max) 6.8 cm

Accession Number59.1.148

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; Syro-Palestine

Physical DescriptionColorless with yellowish tint, translucent blue and translucent greenish blue glass; blown, applied, tooled. Dropper flask with ovoid body. Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip; neck tapers, then straightens, with diaphragm at bottom made by folding. Trailed decoration on rim and wall: on rim, continuous, horizontal blue trail on underside of lip; on wall, three large "snake-thread" trails, tooled flat with approximately horizontal corrugations, alternating with three small "snake-thread" trails, also flattened an notched, above continuous horizontal greenish blue trail. "Snake-thread" trails are arranged as follows (clockwise): large blue with horizontal zigzag extending from left to right, descending vertically, and again extending from left to right; small greenish blue; large greenish blue with horizontal zigzag trail extending from left to right, then descending vertically; small greenish blue; large blue with horizontal zigzag extending from left to right, then rising vertically; small blue.
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