Glass two-handled bottle

Unknown

ca. 4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue-green; handles in same color. Rim folded out, round, and in, and flattened in to side of flaring mouth; misshapen cylindrical neck; lentoid body with bulbous sides and slight tooling depressions on both faces; deep kick in bottom with circular pontil mark; two rod handles applied as pads to sides of upper body, drawn up (one straight, the other in a curve), turned in, and trailed onto top of neck, underside of mouth, and edge of rim, with rounded projecting ends. Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881