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Tiny Threaded Bottle

Date Late 1st century B.C. to 1st century A.D.
Dimensions H. 11.1 cm, D. 6.2 cm
Collection Link https://glasscollection.cmog.org/objects/3398
Accession Number 52.1.66 (CMOG)
Credit The Corning Museum of Glass (Cat. 701). Formerly in the Sobernheim Collection.
Video Type full

The neck of this bottle is formed using both gravity and mechanical force to elongate it. Threading, the most widely used decorative technique in Roman-period glass, is shown. The vessel is transferred to a clamplike device, an alternative procedure to puntying it.

Video 11 The neck of this bottle is formed using both gravity and mechanical force to elongate it. Threading, the most widely used decorative technique in Roman-period glass, is shown. The vessel is transferred to a clamplike device, an alternative procedure to puntying it.
Video 11 The neck of this bottle is formed using both gravity and mechanical force to elongate it. Threading, the most widely used decorative technique in Roman-period glass, is shown. The vessel is transferred to a clamplike device, an alternative procedure to puntying it.
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