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Roman

Flask with Handles, 100s-300s

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Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Roman

Title

Flask with Handles

Year

100s-300s

Medium

Glass, free-blown

Dimensions

Height: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 inches)

Type

Glass

Credit

Gift of Manton B. Metcalf

Object Number

14.461

Exhibition History

Glass from the Museum's Collection

January 17, 1973 - March 10, 1974

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

This flask is an adaptation of a lens-shaped vessel form developed in ancient Egypt. The body, neck, and lip of this vessel were blown from a single gather (large glob) of molten glass. The handles were formed by applying small globs of molten glass to the flask’s body, pulling them upwards, and attaching them to the neck.

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