Feeding Bottle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.1860
Title: Feeding Bottle
Other Titles: Former Title: Glass vessel with long neck and thin fragmented handle ( flask ? bottle ?)
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 3rd-4th century CE
Period: Roman Imperial period
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/77660

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Yellow-green glass
Technique: Free-blown glass
Dimensions: H. 10.1 x W. 7.3 x D. 6.3 cm (4 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (by 1977), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.1860
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Feeding bottle (askos); indented base, ovoid body, long straight neck, narrow mouth, small spout that opens into interior of vessel. Intact; covered in patches of opaque accretions and generally yellow-green iridescence.

Classificaiton: Isings, form 99.

Subjects and Contexts

Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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1977.216.1860: Feeding Bottle