pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

TechniqueBlown, handled, applied, decorated

SizeOverall Diam (max): 13.8 cm; Rim H: 33.7 cm

Accession Number68.1.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Rhineland

Physical DescriptionTransparent light olive green glass with opaque white trails; blown; handle, collar and foot applied; body decorated with trails. Tall biconical shape; rim outsplayed, folded outward and downward;neck expands and merges with biconical body; ribbed handle attached to upper part of body and rim, where it splays and terminates in upright triangular thumbpiece; thick horizontal "collar" applied to neck and pincered, body covered with thin opaque white trails arranged like seventeen narrow suspended swags and marvered flush; foot has applied base ring tooled into eighteen "toes"; underside pushed in, prominent pontil mark.
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