Candlestick Unguentarium
MS5285F
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5285F |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 0-299 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Blown |
Description | Light green glass. Flaring rim folded upward and inward. Long narrow concave neck. No modelling mark at junction of neck and body. Body small and flattened with sloping shoulders. On base, circular ridge, slightly concave in center, with pontil mark. Blown, intact. Contents: stain and thick layer of iridescence inside upper neck. Incipient iridescence outside, with patches of slight pitting and milky weathering, metal very bubbly. |
Height | 11 cm |
Outside Diameter | 2.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. William Pepper, 1914 |
Other Number | GL20 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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