CARROT SHAPED PITCHER
7. A second Private Dutch collection of Ancient and Roman Glass
1st. half of 4th. century A.D. H: 13.65 cm W: Rim: 3.85 / 3.00 cm D: shoulder 4,05 cm
Technique: Free blown body; mouth out-splayed and pinched to form trefoil; rounded rim; handle drawn up from shoulder to the rim, small amount of excess glass drawn back and pushed under the rim.
Description: Carrot shaped oinochoé __with thin wall; attached handle; made of translucent greenish white glass; some silvery iridescence; light weathering; sandy encrustation,
Condition: Broken and repaired __with some small proportion missing.
Remarks: ‘Pitchers of this kind appear to be scarce’, according to M. Stern. ‘The form does not occur among palestinian finds, therefore probably Syrian.’ This jug however is said to have been found in or near the oppidum of Noviomagus, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Provenance: From a private dutch collection.
Parallels: Fondation Custodia Paris, inv. 4101. British Museum: inv. 1911/4.4/8 from Aleppo. RGZ Mainz inv. 0.6676.