Glass jug
Small, one-handled jug
Translucent pale blue green; handle in same color.
Rim folded out, down, and up, with vertical rounded lip above mouth; short cylindrical neck; conical body curving in to flat base; handle attached as a long vertical pad to body, drawn out and round, and trailed onto top of neck and outer edge of rim with vertical tooled thumb rest above.
Decoration of four horizontal projecting pressed fins on pad below handle.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, some pitting, and iridescent weathering.
Translucent pale blue green; handle in same color.
Rim folded out, down, and up, with vertical rounded lip above mouth; short cylindrical neck; conical body curving in to flat base; handle attached as a long vertical pad to body, drawn out and round, and trailed onto top of neck and outer edge of rim with vertical tooled thumb rest above.
Decoration of four horizontal projecting pressed fins on pad below handle.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, some pitting, and iridescent weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Early to Mid Imperial
- Date: 1st–2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm)
Other: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.105
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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