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Translucent light green.
Everted, horizontal rim; cylindrical, slightly funnel-shaped neck; squat piriform body; slightly concave bottom.
On body, seven irregularly spaced and shaped ribs with projecting rounded edges.
Intact, but one internal crack in body; some pinprick bubbles; patches of limy encrustation and creamy weathering, dulling, and iridescence.
Small, with heavy protruding ribs.
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Title: Glass ribbed bottle
Period: Early Imperial
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
Dimensions: H.: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Object Number: 81.10.81
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