Glass jug

Unknown

mid-4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale green; handle and trails in same color. Thick, rounded rim; funnel-shaped mouth; slender, conical neck, merging with biconical body; broad, outsplayed base ring; concave bottom, with pontil mark; kick on interior of bottom; three-ribbed strap handle applied to upper body with three long fins, drawn up and outwards, then curved in, and folded onto underside of mouth with a double loop over trail. One thick horizontal trail applied to underside of mouth; another trail wound round middle of neck. Intact, but most of second trail missing; many bubbles; some soil encrustation, dulling, whitish weathering, and iridescence on exterior, more soil encrustation, black weathering, and iridescence on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881