bottle
Object NameBottle (Guttrolf)
Made FromGlass
Date200-325
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean
Techniqueblown, tooled, wheel-engraved, ground
SizeOverall H: 22.1 cm, Diam (max): 8 cm
Accession Number59.1.155
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass with minute bubbles; blown; tooled; wheel-engraved. Tall flaring rim, cracked off and roughly ground; long neck which tapers, with constriction below mid-point; below this, it widens and was pinched so that instead of one opening it has four small openings, one at center and three at edge, separated by solid panels; body with sloping shoulder below which it curves in towards bottom; wheel-engraved decoration of horizontal bands: one broad band below tip and at bottom of rim, two narrow bands at greatest diameter, zone of narrow bands on lower part of body; splayed pushed-in base with tubular footring; no pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
