Glass square bottle
Small square one-handled bottle
Translucent pale yellow green; handle in same color.
Plain rim with bevelled lip to flaring mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downward; pushed-in, horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; four flat sides, tapering downward; slightly concave bottom with slight ribbing in parallel lines; traces of large circular pontil mark; handle applied as a broad pad along outer edge of sholuder, drawn up and outward as a narrow strap, then turned in horizontally and trailed on to top of neck and outer edge of rim with loop above rim.
Broken with half of rim and part of neck missing (with weathered edges); crack running around two sides of body; many bubbles; some pitting, brilliant iridescence, and patches of thick, creamy weathering.
Translucent pale yellow green; handle in same color.
Plain rim with bevelled lip to flaring mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downward; pushed-in, horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; four flat sides, tapering downward; slightly concave bottom with slight ribbing in parallel lines; traces of large circular pontil mark; handle applied as a broad pad along outer edge of sholuder, drawn up and outward as a narrow strap, then turned in horizontally and trailed on to top of neck and outer edge of rim with loop above rim.
Broken with half of rim and part of neck missing (with weathered edges); crack running around two sides of body; many bubbles; some pitting, brilliant iridescence, and patches of thick, creamy weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass square bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; mold-blown
- Dimensions: 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 × 5.5 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.107
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Probably Wistarburgh Glassworks
1738–ca. 1777
19th century
Attributed to American Flint Glass Manufactory
Attributed to Henry William Stiegel
1769–74
late 13th century
Roman
2nd half of 1st–3rd century CE
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