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Glass bottle shaped like a date

mid-1st–early 2nd century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Translucent deep yellowish brown.
Thick, everted rim folded round and in; short cylindrical neck; elongated body; uneven round bottom. One continuous mold seam around body, extending to top of neck.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinkled date, with pattern of short wavy ridges and hollows.
Intact; dulling, faint iridescence, some whitish weathering, and encrustation.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass bottle shaped like a date
  • Period: Mid Imperial
  • Date: mid-1st–early 2nd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown in a two-part mold
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 15/16 x 1 5/16 in. (7.5 x 3.3 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1295
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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