Toilet Bottle

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Object Name: 
Toilet Bottle
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
probably Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
54.1.114
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.2 cm, Diam (max): 3.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 50-100
Credit Line: 
Gift of I. C. Elston, Jr.
Primary Description: 
Transparent light bluish-green glass with bubbles; blown. Truncated conical body with slight tooled constriction at mid-point, body two-fifths of total height; narrow flange rim folded out, up and in; tubular neck which splays slightly above constriction at bottom; side curves in at bottom; flat base; no pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Elston, I. C. Jr., Source
1954-09-07
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
light bluish green
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) pp. 146-147, #247; p. 346, #247; BIB# 58895