Glass bottle with three feet

Unknown

mid-1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent deep cobalt blue. Solid rim with horizontal everted lip; cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder; globular body with three solid rods around base, drawn out and tooled, ending in splayed and pinched feet; slightly rounded bottom with irregular indent. Broken, with large hole in rim and neck and most of two legs missing, but body complete; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; some pitting and one patch of thick iridescent weathering on exterior, soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881