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vessel

Object NameVessel
Made FromGlass
Dateprobably 1-399
Place Madeprobably Roman Empire
Techniqueblown, applied
SizeOverall H (max): 13.2 cm, W: 7.6; Rim Diam: 5.6 cm
Accession Number59.1.154
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass, with grayish tint; blown, blob of molten glass applied to lower wall and inflated by additional blowing. Vessel shaped like phallus. Rim outsplayed, with tubular lip made by folding up, in, and down; shoulder very short, sloping; wall vertical, curving in to rounded base, with jagged pontil mark; hollow, roughly spheroid protrusion at bottom of wall.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
fragment
50 BCE-25 CE
jar
1100-1399; 1900-1979
Continental Can Co., Inc.
about 1967
about 1200-1299 (a-c, e-f); possibly 600-799 (d)