Glass double-bodied bottle with handle
Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Everted tubular rims, folded over and in; cylindrical necks, expanding downwards; globular bodies, pressed together, forming flat inner wall; thick, slightly concave bottom, with central pontil mark; thick rod handle, applied as a large pad to base of neck over join of bodies, drawn up in a curving loop, and trailed onto top of necks and over upper lip of rims.
Cracked and broken with three large holes in one body; few bubbles; dulling, some limy encrustation, brownish weathering, and iridescence.
The bottle was made by joining vertically two separately blown vessels. Parallels are rare but are known from both the western and eastern halves of the Roman Empire. It is uncertain what liquids it contained but traditionally it is known as an "oil and vinegar" bottle.
Everted tubular rims, folded over and in; cylindrical necks, expanding downwards; globular bodies, pressed together, forming flat inner wall; thick, slightly concave bottom, with central pontil mark; thick rod handle, applied as a large pad to base of neck over join of bodies, drawn up in a curving loop, and trailed onto top of necks and over upper lip of rims.
Cracked and broken with three large holes in one body; few bubbles; dulling, some limy encrustation, brownish weathering, and iridescence.
The bottle was made by joining vertically two separately blown vessels. Parallels are rare but are known from both the western and eastern halves of the Roman Empire. It is uncertain what liquids it contained but traditionally it is known as an "oil and vinegar" bottle.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass double-bodied bottle with handle
- Period: Mid to Late Imperial
- Date: 2nd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 5/8in. (14.3cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.21.206
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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