Glass jug

1st–2nd century CE
Not on view
Translucent pale blue green, with same color handle.
Collared rim, folded out, down, and up, with lip on outer edge of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with tooled indent around base; straight sides to conical body; flat bottom; handle applied as a long trail down side and lower part of neck, then drawn out in a loop and trailed on to rim and top of neck.
Trail on body below handle decorated with ten horizontal crimped notches.
Complete except for part of rim with weathered breaks; many pinprick and larger bubbles; deep pitting, brilliant iridescence, and patches of silvery weathering.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass jug
  • Period: Early to Mid Imperial
  • Date: 1st–2nd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown
  • Dimensions: Hieght: 4 1/16in. (10.3cm)
    Diam.: 1 x 1 7/8 in. (2.5 x 4.8 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.5781
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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