VesselsGraeco-Roman

Jug

Description

Jug; flattened oblate body, narrows to foot, neck slightly depressed into body, thick ring mouth, applied ribbon handle (elaborate at the attachment to the mouth). Intact; white accretions on base, pale opalescence, dirt on interior, some on exterior.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Free-blown glass

Medium

Yellow-green glass

Culture

Graeco-Roman

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.9 x 7.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 7/8 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).