Glass square bottle

Unknown

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

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid 1st–end of 2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881