Glass bottle
Small, one-handled square bottle.
Translucent yellow green; handle in same color.
Rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed into sides of mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; square body with uneven sides and rounded lower corners; flat bottom; two-ribbed handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and out, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to outer edge of rim with loop above.
On one side, raised pattern resembling lettering, and fainter raised lines on two other sides; on bottom, a square pattern in raised outline, flanked to one side by lettering (?).
Intact; some pinprick and larger bubbles; areas of creamy weathering and iridescence.
Translucent yellow green; handle in same color.
Rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed into sides of mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; square body with uneven sides and rounded lower corners; flat bottom; two-ribbed handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and out, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to outer edge of rim with loop above.
On one side, raised pattern resembling lettering, and fainter raised lines on two other sides; on bottom, a square pattern in raised outline, flanked to one side by lettering (?).
Intact; some pinprick and larger bubbles; areas of creamy weathering and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle
- Period: Imperial
- Date: 1st–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; mold-blown
- Dimensions: Overall: 3 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in. (8.4 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm)
Diam.: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.115
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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19th century
Probably Wistarburgh Glassworks
1738–ca. 1777
Attributed to American Flint Glass Manufactory
Attributed to Henry William Stiegel
1769–74
late 13th century
American
1850–60
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