Bottle
1st-4th century CE
Description
Bottle; bulbous body with four circular indentations on side, narrow neck and mouth. Intact; very thin walls. Classificaton: Isings form 104B
Dimensions
13.2 x 9.5 cm (5 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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