flask
Object NameDropper Flask
Made FromGlass
Date200-299
Place MadeRoman Empire; Syro-Palestine
Techniqueblown, applied, tooled
SizeOverall H: 17.4 cm, Diam (max) 6.8 cm
Accession Number59.1.148
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith
On ViewAncient Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
