Bottle
9th century-10th century (made)
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A glass blower made this bottle from transparent glass with a manganese-purple tinge. The globular body has a series of circular decorations that stand slightly proud of the surface. In the middle of each circle there is a concave (inward curving) dot. A previous description of this bottle said that it was 'mould-blown'. In this technique the glass worker blows the molten glass into a mould to form the shape and pattern. However, the irregularities in the decoration suggest that the glass blower made this bottle without a mould and then decorated it by pincering. The low base has a pontil mark. The glass worker used a pontil rod to transfer the bubble of glass from the blowing iron for further shaping. A pontil mark or scar was left when the pontil rod was removed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Transparent glass, blown and pincered |
| Brief description | Bottle, purple-brownish glass with globular body and tall neck, pincered decoration of dotted roundels, Egypt, 700-1000 |
| Physical description | Bottle with a globular body and a tall, slender neck, blown from transparent glass with a manganese-purple tinge. The body is decorated with a series of circular motifs in slight relief with a concave dot at the centre of each. This object has previously been described as ‘mould-blown’, but the irregularities in the decoration suggest that it was free-blown and then decorated by pincering. The low base has a pontil mark. |
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| Summary | A glass blower made this bottle from transparent glass with a manganese-purple tinge. The globular body has a series of circular decorations that stand slightly proud of the surface. In the middle of each circle there is a concave (inward curving) dot. A previous description of this bottle said that it was 'mould-blown'. In this technique the glass worker blows the molten glass into a mould to form the shape and pattern. However, the irregularities in the decoration suggest that the glass blower made this bottle without a mould and then decorated it by pincering. The low base has a pontil mark. The glass worker used a pontil rod to transfer the bubble of glass from the blowing iron for further shaping. A pontil mark or scar was left when the pontil rod was removed. |
| Other number | 8230 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 350-1900 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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