Flask / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.01.0130
Object Name: Flask
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Height: 13.8
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Pitcher. Free blown of transparent yellow-green glass. Cylindrical body slightly bulging toward bottom. Shoulder, rounded and slightly projecting, sloping up and in to cylindrical neck and funnel mouth. Rim turned out and under, tooled on the inside. Thick coil added around top of neck just under rim. Bottom flat with slight indentation. No pontil mark. Ribbon handle attached at shoulder and against rim, trail and middle of neck. Glass; bubbly with black inclusions; black streaks in handle.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 4th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1971.01.0130
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0130/1971_01_0130

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