Glass jug

Unknown

1st–2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small, one-handled jug Translucent pale blue green; handle in same color. Rim folded out, down, and up, with vertical rounded lip above mouth; short cylindrical neck; conical body curving in to flat base; handle attached as a long vertical pad to body, drawn out and round, and trailed onto top of neck and outer edge of rim with vertical tooled thumb rest above. Decoration of four horizontal projecting pressed fins on pad below handle. Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, some pitting, and iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76