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bottle

Object NameCarrot-shaped Bottle with a Needle

Made FromGlass

Date1-99

Place MadeRoman Empire

TechniqueBlown, applied, marvered

Sizea) Overall H: 10.2 cm, Diam (max): 3.3 cm; b) Overall W (max): .7 cm, L: 15.3 cm; b) Shaft Diam: .3 cm

Accession Number55.1.76

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg

Glass from the Ancient World

Not On View

Physical Descriptiona) Transparent deep blue, with opaque white trail. Blown; trail applied to parison and marvered. Bottle: body shaped like carrot. Rim tubular, made by folding out, up, and in; neck cylindrical; shoulder rounded; wall curves down and in, then tapers to pointed base; no pontil mark. Wall is decorated with very thin marvered trail, which was wound 15 times around body. b) Translucent deep blue, with opaque white trail. Tooled; trail applied and marvered. "Needle," with circular cross section. Upper end is kite-shaped and flattened, with narrow oval eye; lower end is pointed. Upper end and uppermost part of shaft are decorated with spirally wound trail.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09