Glass square bottle
Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Rim folded out, down, round and in, with broad, flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck, with slight horizontal tooling marks around the base; slightly indented horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; square body with flat sides slightly tapering downward; flat bottom; broad strap handle, combed at base, applied as a long pad to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, then bent in and down, and attached to neck with upward trail.
On bottom, pattern in relief from base mold, comprising a circle enclosing three large letters with serifs (N A E, but with N written in retrograde).
Complete except for a chip in handle at base with cracks across handle and in one side of body; many pinprick and some larger bubbles, with one very large weathered bubble on inside of neck and shoulder, rim streaked with black impurities, and a few glassy impurities; slight dulling and pitting, thin patches of weathering, and faint iridescence.
Rectangular jug with circular neck, of bluish-green glass, mark on bottom.
Rim folded out, down, round and in, with broad, flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck, with slight horizontal tooling marks around the base; slightly indented horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; square body with flat sides slightly tapering downward; flat bottom; broad strap handle, combed at base, applied as a long pad to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, then bent in and down, and attached to neck with upward trail.
On bottom, pattern in relief from base mold, comprising a circle enclosing three large letters with serifs (N A E, but with N written in retrograde).
Complete except for a chip in handle at base with cracks across handle and in one side of body; many pinprick and some larger bubbles, with one very large weathered bubble on inside of neck and shoulder, rim streaked with black impurities, and a few glassy impurities; slight dulling and pitting, thin patches of weathering, and faint iridescence.
Rectangular jug with circular neck, of bluish-green glass, mark on bottom.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass square bottle
- Period: Early to Mid Imperial
- Date: mid 1st–end of 2nd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; mold-blown
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 3/16 x 3 1/4 in. (14.9 x 8.1 x 8.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.21
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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