Glass jug

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue; handle, trail, and base ring in same color. Everted rim folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; sloping shoulder; bulbous body, tapering to applied base ring; flat bottom with slight kick and pontil scar; two-ribbed strap handle attached to top of body with long, downward fins at edges, drawn up and outwards in a curve, then turned in and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration and lip of rim, with a hollow projecting loop above. Thick trail wound horizontally around underside of mouth, then dropped in a fine trail down neck, and then wound horizontally slightly more than once around lower neck. Intact; pinprick and large bubbles, and some gritty inclusions; slight dulling and iridescent weathering. With threads around neck.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Rhenish

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881