Glass hexagonal bottle
Translucent blue green.
Thick rim, folded out, round, and in; tall cylindrical neck; sloping, slightly convex shoulder; squat body with hexagonal sides; low base with flat bottom.
Decoration in relief in three registers: on shoulder, six arches, each containing an unidentified domed object; on body, six square panels, divided by columns with capitals and bases, each containing an object: 1, a footed bowl; 2, a pine cone; 3, a footed jar with rounded objects (fruit ?) emerging from its rim; 4, (missing); 5, another pine cone; 6, a handled vase with conical lid; below, continuous band of twenty-two radiating upturned tongues; on bottom, raised broad circle around edge and dot at center.
Broken and repaired, with several large holes in shoulder and body; pinprick bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescence, with patches of encrusted thick creamy brown weathering.
Made in the same mold as 17.194.229.
Thick rim, folded out, round, and in; tall cylindrical neck; sloping, slightly convex shoulder; squat body with hexagonal sides; low base with flat bottom.
Decoration in relief in three registers: on shoulder, six arches, each containing an unidentified domed object; on body, six square panels, divided by columns with capitals and bases, each containing an object: 1, a footed bowl; 2, a pine cone; 3, a footed jar with rounded objects (fruit ?) emerging from its rim; 4, (missing); 5, another pine cone; 6, a handled vase with conical lid; below, continuous band of twenty-two radiating upturned tongues; on bottom, raised broad circle around edge and dot at center.
Broken and repaired, with several large holes in shoulder and body; pinprick bubbles; slight dulling and faint iridescence, with patches of encrusted thick creamy brown weathering.
Made in the same mold as 17.194.229.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass hexagonal bottle
- Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
- Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; mold-blown
- Dimensions: H.: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 x 1 1/2 in. (10.5 x 6.4 x 2.5 x 3.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.230
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Probably Wistarburgh Glassworks
1738–ca. 1777
19th century
Attributed to American Flint Glass Manufactory
Attributed to Henry William Stiegel
1769–74
late 13th century
9th–10th century
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