Pilgrim Flask
Oinochoe
MS4955
From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4955 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Judeo-Christian |
Provenience | Israel | Nazareth (Israel) |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Mould-Blown |
Description | Brownish yellow glass with a few seed bubbles and some iridescence. Base concave with pontil mark. Body hexagon shaped. Each face decorated with dots or ripples in glass. Shoulder at 90 degree angle to meet a narrower, cylindrical neck. Upper part of neck flares into trefoil rim. Rim edge rounded, having been folded inward. Ribbon handle connects rim to shoulder with a tag folded out of it near rim, like a thumb rest. |
Height | 15.4 cm |
Width | 9.6 cm |
Depth | 7.4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
Other Number | GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1022 - Other Number |
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