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bottle

Object NameSmall Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date900-1199

Techniqueblown, ground, facet-cut, linear-cut, slant-cut

SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm, W: 3.2 cm, D: 1.6 cm

Accession Number76.1.191

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale greenish yellow. Blown (probably mold-blown); perhaps ground; facet-, linear-, and slant-cut. Bottle. Lower neck has roughly circular cross section; body has cross section resembling flattened oval, with two broad, flat sides and two narrow, rounded sides; flat sides taper slightly, while rounded sides curve out, down, and in; body has solid, truncated triangular foot with rectangular cross section. On each broad side: horseshoe-shaped panel containing slant-cut almond-shaped motif; at sides of panel, vertical row of six short transverse cuts. On each narrow side: vertical row of four or five small oval facets. On each short side of foot: single vertical facet.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)