Glass sprinkler flask
Translucent pale green.
Uneven, rounded rim, flaring upwards, with projecting folded flange below; broad mouth; short cylindrical neck, curving in slightly at base, where it has a folded diaphragm with small hole at center; globular body; flat bottom, slightly pushed-in at center with small round pontil mark.
On lower half of body, three irregular horizontal rows of tooled knobs (11 in top row, 12 in middle, and 9 in bottom).
Intact; a few bubbles and black impurities; some limy soil encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
Uneven, rounded rim, flaring upwards, with projecting folded flange below; broad mouth; short cylindrical neck, curving in slightly at base, where it has a folded diaphragm with small hole at center; globular body; flat bottom, slightly pushed-in at center with small round pontil mark.
On lower half of body, three irregular horizontal rows of tooled knobs (11 in top row, 12 in middle, and 9 in bottom).
Intact; a few bubbles and black impurities; some limy soil encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass sprinkler flask
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd–4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
- Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Museum Accession
- Object Number: X.21.172
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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