Candlestick Unguentarium

MS5285F

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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