Glass two-handled bottle

1st–early 2nd century CE
Not on view
Translucent blue; handles in uncertain color (opaque white?).

Rim folded out, round, and in, with a tooled and flattened upper lip; short, flaring mouth; funnel-shaped neck, with tooling indents near base; globular body; slightly concave bottom; two deeply-ribbed handles applied in pads to top of body, drawn upward, turned in horizontally, and trailed onto and down neck.

Intact; few bubbles; deep pitting, dulling, and iridescence, with thick creamy brown weathering on neck and handles.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass two-handled bottle
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: 1st–early 2nd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown
  • Dimensions: H.: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
  • Object Number: 30.115.54
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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