pitcher

Object NamePitcher with Applique of a Bacchant

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 50-75

Place Madeprobably Italy

TechniqueBlown, trailed, applied

SizeOverall H: 19.3 cm, Diam (max): 10.1 cm

Accession Number66.1.41

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses

Wine and Spirit: Rituals, Remedies, and Revelry

Glass of the Caesars

On ViewAncient Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

A bacchant is a follower of Bacchus (also known as Dionysus), the Roman god of wine. Such an appliqué is appropriate decoration for a pitcher used to pour wine.

Physical DescriptionTransparent yellowish-amber and opaque light blue glasses; blown, trailed, applied. Jug with ovoid body; rim outsplayed, folded down, up and in; short cylindrical neck; pushed-in, concave base; handle, which splays at point of attachment to shoulder, rises above rim before curving in and down to join it; on outer edge of rim, opaque light blue trail, applied before handle and extending on either side of it for almost one-quarter circumference of mouth, pinched to form two ridges near each extremity; on handle, opaque light blue trail making median rib; below handle, opaque blue applique with head of Medusa in relief.
Provenance

Source Sergio Sangiorgi (Italian) - 1966

Former Collection Mylius Collection
previously in the Mylius Collection, Genoa

Former Collection Giorgio Sangiorgi (Italian, 1886-1965)