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Double Head-Shaped Sprinkler Flask
Double Head-Shaped Sprinkler Flask
Double Head-Shaped Sprinkler Flask

Double Head-Shaped Sprinkler Flask

Artist
Datecirca early 3rd century
MediumGlass (multi-part mold-blown and tooled)
DimensionsH. 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm) x Max. Diam. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm) x Diam. of rim 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Mr. George D. Pratt, courtesy of Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington
Object numberG.50.8.42
On View
On view
ProvenanceW. R. Valentiner, “Opening of Four New Galleries of Early Sculpture and Decorative Arts,” North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, no. 2 (Summer 1957), group of donated objects mentioned 21–22.

E. M. Stern, The Toledo Museum of Glass. Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries (Rome, ‘L’Erma’ di Bretschneider 1995) 238, no. 3.

Date-shaped Flask
Unknown
mid 1st–early 2nd Century
Date-shaped bottle
Unknown
circa mid 1st–early 2nd century
Ewer
Unknown
3rd–4th century
Jug
Unknown
4th century
Wide-shouldered flask
Unknown
circa 3rd–4th century
Wide-neck flask
Unknown
circa 5th–6th century
Cylindrical Jug
Unknown
4th–5th century
Fluted bottle
Unknown
3rd–4th century
Ribbed Globular Jar
Unknown
10th century
Sphero-Conical Vessel
Unknown
9th–10th century
Bottle
Unknown
circa 2nd–3rd century
Drop-shaped unguentarium
Unknown
circa 1st–2nd century