Glass multi-sided bottle
Translucent purple, with handles in greyish colorless glass streaked with purple.
Cylindrical neck; lentoid body comprising seven slanting panels surrounding a central vertical face on each side; projecting hollow base pad; handles to top of body in a pad, drawn up, turned in and down, and pressed onto neck. Continuous mold seam runs from base of neck, down edge of sides, and across bottom, with a gap between the two halves of the mold causing a flat, solid, rounded pad to form on one edge between lower body and bottom.
On body, two concentric circles and central dot in relief on the vertical face.
Broken around top of neck, rim and most of one handle missing, with hole in side where bottom of handle was attached; some bubbles, especially in handle; slight dulling and iridescence on exterior, thick soil encrustation and brilliant iridescent weathering on interior.
Cylindrical neck; lentoid body comprising seven slanting panels surrounding a central vertical face on each side; projecting hollow base pad; handles to top of body in a pad, drawn up, turned in and down, and pressed onto neck. Continuous mold seam runs from base of neck, down edge of sides, and across bottom, with a gap between the two halves of the mold causing a flat, solid, rounded pad to form on one edge between lower body and bottom.
On body, two concentric circles and central dot in relief on the vertical face.
Broken around top of neck, rim and most of one handle missing, with hole in side where bottom of handle was attached; some bubbles, especially in handle; slight dulling and iridescence on exterior, thick soil encrustation and brilliant iridescent weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass multi-sided bottle
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Diam.: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1510
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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19th century
Probably Wistarburgh Glassworks
1738–ca. 1777
Attributed to American Flint Glass Manufactory
Attributed to Henry William Stiegel
1769–74
late 13th century
American
1850–60
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