Glass jug

Unknown

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

Translucent blue green; handle in same color. Collar rim folded out, down, and up, with rounded outer vertical lip; slightly funnel-shaped cylindrical neck, with tooling marks at base; globular body; concave bottom; strap handle applied in four claw pads to shoulder, drawn up and turned in horizontally, with a vertical fold as thumb rest above rim, and then trailed on to outer edge of rim and top of neck. Intact; few bubbles in body but many elongated bubbles in handle; dulling, weathering, and iridescence, with areas of pitting.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76