Glass jug with trefoil rim
Plain rounded lip to trefoil rim; funnel-shaped mouth; short, cylindrical neck; squat, bulbous body; pushed-in bottom with off-center kick and small pontil scar; rod handle applied as a large pad, drawn up and out, then turned in and trailed on to back of rim over trail.
Single trail applied as a pad to neck and wound round in a spiral ten times up neck and underside of mouth.
Complete except for part of trail and some cracks in side of body; pinprick and small elongated bubbles; dulling, pitting, and brownish weathering on exterior, patches of soil encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug with trefoil rim
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th–5th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: Height: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1282
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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