Jug
1st-4th century CE
Description
One-handled jug in translucent, yellow-green glass. flattened, spherical body, narrowing to base, narrow neck, flat ring mouth, ribbon handle applied to the shoulder and terminating at the rim (particularly elaborate at the mouth). Intact; some opalescent sheen and dirt accretions. Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 53. Comparisons: Metropolitan Museum of Art 74.51.133.
Dimensions
9.8 x 7.6 cm (3 7/8 x 3 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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