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flask

Object NameDropper Flask

Made FromGlass

Date200-499

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Syria

Techniqueblown, tooled

SizeOverall H: 13.4 cm; Rim Diam: 5.9 cm

Accession Number59.1.147

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with greenish yellow tint; blown, tooled. Flask, with egg-shaped body. Mouth shaped like funnel with vertical rim that has rounded lip and small folded flange immediately below it; neck cylindrical, tapering slightly and with folded diaphragm with narrow aperture at bottom; base plain; pontil mark annular (D. 1.9 cm), but ring is incomplete. Wall decorated with three horizontal rows of pulled protrusions arranged roughly in quincunx: on upper wall, six long, vertical ribs, each pulled out to point near lower end; on lower wall, six short, vertical ribs, pulled out to points near lower ends; near bottom of wall, seven points (one each in five spaces below points in middle row and two in one space). Base has, at edge, ring of ten small protrusions.

Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27