Glass bottle
Translucent pale blue green.
Everted rim, folded round and into mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with low conical body with slightly convex sides, then sharp inward curve to small bottom with kick.
Intact; bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, slight pitting, iridescence, and small patches of soil encrustation and weathering on exterior, thick soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Everted rim, folded round and into mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with low conical body with slightly convex sides, then sharp inward curve to small bottom with kick.
Intact; bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, slight pitting, iridescence, and small patches of soil encrustation and weathering on exterior, thick soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: ca. 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Diam.: 2 x 1 1/16 in. (5.1 x 2.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.123
- 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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