flask
Object NameDropper Flask Shaped like Helmet
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 201-300
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Rhineland; possibly Syria
TechniqueBlown, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 12.8 cm, Diam (rim): 4.5 cm
Accession Number65.1.14
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Caesars
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent green glass; blown, tooled, applied. Inverted helmet-flask form; rim outsplayed, folded up, in and down; cylindrical neck, widely cut in at bottom to narrow opening; ovoid body with tooled crest of helmet on one side and underneath; pontil mark on crest. Trailed decoration: on neck, single horizontal trail; on body, vertical serrated trail extends from bottom of neck almost to crest, representing nose- guard; two shorter serrated trails indicate oval eye-holes; one each side of face, long serrated trail laid on in abstract curvilinear design.Provenance
Source
Ellie Bustros
perhaps 900-1199
1800-1825
1600-1700
400-599
100-299
