Glass bottle shaped like a bunch of grapes
Translucent blue green, with same color handle.
Rim folded out, down, round, and in; flaring mouth; misshapen cylindrical neck with concave sides; lentoid body; round bottom; rod handle attached to edge of shoulder in a pad, drawn up vertically, turned in, and folded onto underside of mouth and rim. Raised mold mark visible only at base of neck on one side, but one continuous mold seam must run around body.
Body molded into the shape of a tri-lobed bunch of grapes with a single, large, five-pointed grape leaf hanging over grapes on each side.
One third of rim and one handle missing, with hole in shoulder where it was once attached; some bubbles; dulling, thick ring of encrustation around bottom on exterior, soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Rim folded out, down, round, and in; flaring mouth; misshapen cylindrical neck with concave sides; lentoid body; round bottom; rod handle attached to edge of shoulder in a pad, drawn up vertically, turned in, and folded onto underside of mouth and rim. Raised mold mark visible only at base of neck on one side, but one continuous mold seam must run around body.
Body molded into the shape of a tri-lobed bunch of grapes with a single, large, five-pointed grape leaf hanging over grapes on each side.
One third of rim and one handle missing, with hole in shoulder where it was once attached; some bubbles; dulling, thick ring of encrustation around bottom on exterior, soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bottle shaped like a bunch of grapes
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
- Dimensions: H.: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.212
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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