Toilet Bottle

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Object Name: 
Toilet Bottle
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
probably Italy
Accession Number: 
62.1.37
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11 cm; Rim Diam: 2.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1-99
Credit Line: 
Gift of George D. Macbeth
Primary Description: 
Transparent pale bluish-green glass with very small bubbles; blown. Tubular shape with body half of total height; short outsplayed rim, reworked; narrow tubular neck; vestigial sloping shoulder; straight side which bulges slightly at bottom; rounded base; no pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Macbeth, George D. (1892-1968), Source
1962
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Transparent pale bluish-green
Technique: 
blown

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 140, #231; p. 345, #231; BIB# 58895