Bottle with Applied Handles

Object Name: 
Bottle with Applied Handles

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Object Name: 
Bottle with Applied Handles
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
2009.1.9
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11 cm, Diam: 6.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Thomas P. Dimitroff Family
Primary Description: 
Transparent glass with greenish tint: blown, tooled and applied. Bottle has a concave bottom with slight pontil mark, a wide round body with a tall slender cylindrical neck and slightly flared rim. Bottle has two applied handles with curling decorative elements. Weathering on both interior and exterior of vessel.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Dimitroff, Thomas P., Source
2009-10-23
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
transparent with greenish tint
Technique: 
blown
tooling
applied
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
805
inscription
: 
Painted In a rectangle on side of body near base (twice)