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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Antiquities| > |Antiquities by Material| > |Glass Antiquities| > AG21021
Roman, Syria Palaestina, Glass Sprinkler Flask, c. Late 3rd - 4th Century A.D.
|Glass| |Antiquities|, |Roman,| |Syria| |Palaestina,| |Glass| |Sprinkler| |Flask,| |c.| |Late| |3rd| |-| |4th| |Century| |A.D.|, Dropper bottles, such as this one, were filled with scented oil or perfume. The constriction in the neck made it easy to dispense the expensive contents one drop at a time. The swirled design was created by blowing the body into a ribbed mold, removing the glass from the mold, then blowing it again while twisting the bubble.
AG21021. cf. ROM Glass 282, Isings 104b, Newark Museum 80-82, Oppenländer 493, Superb, complete and intact, areas of light weathering, sprinkler flask, well made free-blown, pale blue-green transparent glass, 8.5 cm (3 3/8") high, 6.3 cm (2 1/2") diameter, globular body with mold blown ribbing twisted spirally, short tubular neck with tooled slight constriction at base, internal washer-like sprinkler diaphragm at base of neck, flaring funnel mouth, rolled tubular and folded in rim, kicked bottom with pontil mark; from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; SOLD










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