Roman Jug in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Jug with Composite Handle

This type of jug was used to hold wine or water at the dinner table. Made of free-blown glass, this example is composed of a green-toned, slightly iridescent glass and is decorated with a thread around the neck and another around the mouth, made by trailing molten glass around the vessel when it was still hot.


Creator: Roman (Artist)

Period: 4th-5th century (Late Antique)

Medium: blown glass (Glasswares)

Accession Number: 47.411

Measurements: 7 1/16 x 2 13/16 in. (18 x 7.2 cm); at handle: 3 1/16 in. (7.75 cm) (w.)

Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/33564/jug-with-composite-handle/