Roman Two-Handled Glass Bottle with Trailing
Roman Two-Handled Bottle with Trailing
Pale yellow-green glass was used to create this two-handled bottle. The un-marvered threads wound around the body demonstrate a common decoration used by First Century glass makers. The slightly out-turned mouth and pad foot combine to enhance the pleasing proportions of this bottle. The shape and decoration of this example are typical of pieces made during this period.
H: 13 cm
First Century
Ref: Oppenlander #644, Paris Sale #157
20R Roman Two-handled Bottle 1st Century
Dear M/M Allaire,
First of all I thank you for including me in your notices and new posts. Do the specimens represent new or recent acquisitions?
In the past year I have learned a little about ancient glass and realize that I now know essentially nothing. I have acquired as many reference books as I have encountered and I have, at least, trained my eye as to what is in the ‘great’ collections.
I am now semi-retired from a longer than 50 year career of buying and selling mineral specimens to museums and collectors and have encountered, among my clients, what I call the ‘eye’ only exceedingly rarely.
Which brings me to a question. Is it only my imagination or do I pick up a theme in your collection? I believe I see in it a cognoscenti quality of specimens that seems to me to be exceedingly rare in public/private collections and non-existent in commercial offerings-for-sale.
Any suggestions as to where I might acquire such quality specimens here in the U.S.A? I have purchased a few things via the internet from London but with some difficulty and disappointment.
Best regards,
Lawrence Conklin.
Thank you for your comment.