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Bottle
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Bottle
- Place of origin:
Egypt (possibly, made)
Iran (possibly, made) - Date:
9th century-10th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Transparent glass, blown and pincered
- Museum number:
350-1900
- Gallery location:
Glass, room 131, case 4, shelf 2
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.
