Square Jug

Bottle

MS5621

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5621
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made late 1st century - early 2nd century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Mould-Blown
Description

Cracks on body. Mold blown rectangular green glass bottle. Thick flat rim, wide ribbon handles folded in at rim. Base has two raised concentric circles in each corner. Orange-gold iridescence on two sides and on handle, mottled on other sides and on rim.

Height 16 cm
Width 6 cm
Depth 5.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916
Other Number GL12 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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