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Fragment of Bottle Base

Fragment of Bottle Base

 
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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bottle Base
Department
Ancient
Category
Roman
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Date: 
1-199
Color
Transparent pale green
Technique
mold-blown
Dimensions: 
Base W: 9 cm
Accession Number: 
66.1.136
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Transparent pale green glass; mold-blown. Four-sided bottle with vertical walls, curving in at bottom; base slightly concave. Mold-blown mark in relief on base: serpent with letters in at least two of the four corners: bottom left, "C", and bottom right "S" (backwards).
Inscription
C / (backwards) S bottom left and right Mold-blown mark in relief on base: serpent with letters in at least two of four corners, bottom left and right.
Provenance
Sangiorgi, Giorgio, Former Collection to
Sangiorgi, Sergio, Source to 1966

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Publications

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) illustrated, p. 78, pl. 552; BIB# 58895

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