Saddleflask
MS5103
From: Palestine | Philistia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5103 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Palestine | Philistia |
Date Made | 200-399 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Blown |
Description | Glass clear bluish green with cobalt additions. Rim folded inward and down; tubular body pinched down the center creating two chambers; probably unflattened base (no visible pontil mark). From below rim up to rim, 4 small handles; from the tops of these spring four more arching handles, 2 of which are made by folding together at the center and attaching to the common wall pf the tubes, the other 2 handle ends are laid on the intersection of the arches. One final handle springs from the arch of one handle below it to the arch of the opposite handle. Blown, with tooled additions. Base chipped off, otherwise intact. Slightly dulled inside; no iridescence. |
Height | 21 cm |
Width | 7 cm |
Depth | 6 cm |
Outside Diameter | 3.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
Other Number | GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 3046 - Other Number |
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