bottle

Object NameBottle

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 300-499

Place MadeRoman Empire

TechniqueBlown, applied, tooled, trailed, finished

SizeOverall H: 7.3 cm, Diam (max): 4.8 cm

Accession Number55.1.43

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Animals in Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent light green, translucent deep blue glass; blown, base applied and tooled, decoration trailed, rim finished at glory hole. Egg-shaped body; short outsplayed rim with plain lip; narrow cylindrical neck which splays at bottom; wall curves downward and outward to greatest diameter below mid-point and then curves in to bottom; decoration: blue trail dropped on to upper part of body, wound around it in three and one-half revolutions and then wound once more around lower part of body in almost continuous zigzag; applied pad base with edge pulled down in ten or eleven short "toes"; pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Abbas A. Mazda - 1955-11-22