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sprinkler flask
sprinkler flask

sprinkler flask

Object NameSprinkler
Made FromGlass
Date200-399
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueFree blown in two parts, tooled and applied dec.
SizeOverall H: 11.7 cm, D (max): 8 cm; Mouth D: 6.8 cm
Accession Number53.1.1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionSprinkler. Transparent yellowish brown, with translucent greenish blue trail; blown in 2 parts, tooled with applied decoration; roughly globular body. Mouth in form of funnel, with rounded lip; neck cylindrical, wider at bottom than at top, with folded diaphragm at junction with shoulder; wall curves in at bottom and merges with plain narrow base. Six vertical ribs, made by pinching, extend from shoulder to lower wall and slightly eccentric ring of seven fire-polished "toes" (also made by pinching) surrounds base. Outside of mouth is decorated with single continuous horizontal trail wound almost twice around circumference.
Provenance
Source Mathias Komor - 1953-01-29

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