Glass jug
Translucent deep turquoise blue; handle, trail, and base ring in semi-opaque yellowish white; opaque brick red streaks in rim.
Rim, folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with bulbous body, tapering to applied base ring; small, pushed-in bottom with pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle attached with long, downward fins at edges to upper body, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then turned in and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration, with a hollow loop above, and ending on lip of rim.
Trail wound horizontally 1½ times around underside of mouth, then dropped in a fine trail down neck, and then wound horizontally once in a thicker trail around lower neck.
Intact, but some small internal cracks in body; many bubbles and a few inclusions; dulling, pitting, faint iridescence, and some soil encrustation, with two loose balls of soil inside.
Rim, folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with bulbous body, tapering to applied base ring; small, pushed-in bottom with pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle attached with long, downward fins at edges to upper body, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then turned in and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration, with a hollow loop above, and ending on lip of rim.
Trail wound horizontally 1½ times around underside of mouth, then dropped in a fine trail down neck, and then wound horizontally once in a thicker trail around lower neck.
Intact, but some small internal cracks in body; many bubbles and a few inclusions; dulling, pitting, faint iridescence, and some soil encrustation, with two loose balls of soil inside.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass jug
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and trailed
- Dimensions: Height: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Diam.: 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. (5.4 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1283
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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