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Object NameUnidentified Object shaped like a Small Bottle

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1200-1299

TechniqueApparently rod-formed, applied, marvered, dragged

SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm, Diam (max): 2.4 cm

Accession Number53.1.52

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Physical DescriptionUnidentified Object shaped like a Small Bottle. Opaque deep purple, with white trail. Apparently rod-formed; applied, dragged, marvered. Object shaped like small bottle. Rim plain, with flat top and rounded edge; neck cylindrical, slightly wider at top than at bottom; body oblate spheroid, with narrow bottom; base very uneven; pontil mark perhaps present. Decoration consists of trail wound spirally 11 times between bottom of object and rim, dragged more or less vertically from rim to base (creating eight contiguous rows of inverted festoons), and marvered. Handle of purple glass dropped onto body at greatest diameter and drawn up and in to touch neck.
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