Spearhead Bottle

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Object Name: 
Spearhead Bottle
Place Made: 
probably Egypt
Near East
possibly Syria
Accession Number: 
53.1.88
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.2 cm, Diam (max): 4.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
probably 700-999
Primary Description: 
Spearhead Bottle. Translucent very bubbly dark amethyst (russet) glass; heavy weathering and decomposition of the surface; free blown, tooled and ground; body tapering to rectangular bottom with small uneven base (blunt point); sloping shoulder supporting cylindrical neck ending in a bulge with rim folded inward; another bulge at base of neck; remains of cut decoration; below shoulder and above base a ring, two rings at the middle of the body; below a band consisting of squares, a cross in a rhombus, and triangles.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Montbault, Mrs. C. de la Haye, Source
1953-08-01
Nahman, Maurice (French, 1868-1948), Former Collection
Color: 
Translucent dark amethyst
Technique: 
free blown, tooled and ground