Glass jug

Unknown

3rd–4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with light green tinge; same color handle and trails. Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; short cylindrical neck, expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with biconical body; outsplayed tubular foot rim, made by folding; deep kick in bottom, with large jagged pontil scar; four-ribbed strap handle, applied to body just above greatest diameter, with claws extending downwards, the two outer ones being larger and each tooled to have a pinched, horizontal projection; handle drawn out and up, curved in, and folded onto underside of mouth and edge of rim, with one hollow roll, on top of trail. A thicker trail wound slightly more than once around underside of mouth; another thinner trail wound six times in a spiral around neck. Body intact, but top of handle broken and repaired below hollow roll (with alien piece of glass); bubbles and blowing striations; some soil encrustation, especially around neck, slight dulling, whitish weathering, and brilliant iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881