Glass bottle

Unknown

1st–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small, one-handled square bottle. Translucent yellow green; handle in same color. Rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed into sides of mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; square body with uneven sides and rounded lower corners; flat bottom; two-ribbed handle attached to shoulder, drawn up and out, turned in horizontally, and trailed on to outer edge of rim with loop above. On one side, raised pattern resembling lettering, and fainter raised lines on two other sides; on bottom, a square pattern in raised outline, flanked to one side by lettering (?). Intact; some pinprick and larger bubbles; areas of creamy weathering and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881