bottle

Object NameBottle

Made FromGlass

Date1800-1925

Place Madeprobably Near East

TechniqueMold-blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 14 cm, W: 8.4 cm; Rim Diam: 4.1 cm

Accession Number55.1.104

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Glass from the Ancient World

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBrownish yellow, transparent glass; mold-blown, applied. Square bottle, but junctions of sides are rounded; notably lopsided, with neck off-center. Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip; neck short, cylindrical; shoulder slopes, with rounded edge and no overhang; wall straight, curving in at bottom; base plain, with low kick; pontil mark. Wall decorated in relief on all four sides with head. All are similar, but not identical. They are shown frontally in prominent relief, but with details indistinct; tops of heads are domed, with horizontal band (fillet?) across forehead and with hair apparently dressed to cover ears; face has circular depressions indicating eyes, straight, rather bulbous nose, and short, horizontal depression indicating mouth. Single trail dropped on to bottom of neck, then would spirally in seven revolutions, terminating at outside of lip.
Provenance

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