Date-shaped flask

Skip to main content
Date-shaped flask
Date-shaped flask
Date1st century CE
MediumMold-blown glass
DimensionsOverall (Height): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm) Rim (Diam.): 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.69
On view
DescriptionDate-shaped with short concave neck and flaring rim; very thin, opaque yellow to purple glass.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Date flask
Date-shaped flask
Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Glass: The Hamilton College Collection," March 5- April 24, 1988 (cat. no. 12).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References ANCIENT GLASS FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, 1988), 12.
Flask
Date: c. 8th-9th century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.122
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 3rd century
Medium: Blown glass
Object number: 2015.6.27
Jar
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 2nd-4th century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.72
Head flask
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 2nd-3rd century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.70
Jug
Date: c. 6th-7th century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.76
Bottle
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 2nd-3rd Century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.71
Pitcher
Date: 4th-5th century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.75
Bottle
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 4th century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.74
Jug
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 4th century CE
Medium: Mold-blown glass
Object number: 1929.73
Bell-shaped unguentarium
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 2nd-3rd century CE
Medium: Blown glass
Object number: 1929.84
Wide-bottom flask
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 4th century CE
Medium: Blown glass
Object number: 1929.93
Photograph by John Bentham
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 4th century CE
Medium: Blown glass
Object number: 1929.108