pitcher
Object NamePitcher
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rhineland
TechniqueBlown, handled, applied, decorated
SizeOverall Diam (max): 13.8 cm; Rim H: 33.7 cm
Accession Number68.1.2
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Wilhelm Henrich
- 1968
