Glass bottle with marvered trails

Unknown

1st century CE or later · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent deep purple; trails in opaque white and yellow. Thick rim, folded out, down, round, and in, forming slight constriction around mouth, with slightly conical beveled upper surface; cylindrical neck with tooled indent around base; conical body, curving in at base; bottom slightly concave at center. Two trails, one in white, the other in yellow, applied at rim and wound in a spiral down neck and side, the yellow trail ending around edge of bottom and the white ending in a loop across bottom; both marvered and tooled into an irregular zigzag pattern. Intact, except for one small chip in rim and weathering of trails; some bubbles; pitting, dulling, and faint iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE or later

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971