Glass jug

1st–2nd century CE

Not on view

Translucent blue-green; handle in same color.

Rim folded out, round, and in, with beveled upper surface; cylindrical neck, with tooling indent around the base; almost horizontal shoulder; squat, bulbous body, curving in at base; hollow base ring, outsplayed on one side; shallow, pushed-in bottom; two-ribbed handle applied to shoulder, with straight tooling indent across back of pad and two claws projecting down on front, drawn up and outwards, then turned in horizontally, and pressed onto side of rim and top of neck, with vertical projecting loop as a thumb rest above rim.

Intact; some pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; slight dulling, thick creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.

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Title: Glass jug
Period: Early to Mid Imperial
Date: 1st–2nd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Object Number: 81.10.259
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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