Glass jug with chain handle

Unknown

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

Translucent pale blue green; trails, handle, and foot ring in same color. Outsplayed and rounded rim; funnel-shaped neck; tall, conical body; broad, almost flat bottom with central high kick and trace of pontil mark, surrounded by splayed foot ring; chain handle consists of two trails applied to side in thick oval pads, drawn up and out, pinched together five times to form a vertical row of elongated horizontal loops, then trails continue as a single strap-like attachment with hollow loop above and folds below, pressed on to neck over trail decoration. Thick horizontal trail applied to neck below rim; a thin trail wound more than once around neck just above junction with body; on body, decoration of fifteen fine spiral ribs, formed in a dip mold, extending from neck to edge of bottom. Broken and repaired, with losses to rim, neck, lower body and outer bottom, and part of one handle loop; few bubbles; dulling, limy encrustation and weathering, and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–early 4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881