New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Date Flask

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureRoman Empire | Syrian

Date50-99 A.D.

MediumMold blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6786

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 3

DescriptionFlask of mold blown glass. In the form of a date in an appropriate color-brown with some white opaque. Partially reconstructed. Some decomposition and iridescence. Flaring rim folded inward.

Label TextRoman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean, probably Sidon, Syria Date Flasks, late 1st-2nd century A.D. Mold-blown glass Museum purchase, C.W. Grandy Fund 65.27.2 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6786 The color and form of these flasks imitate dried dates. Published ReferencesAuth, _Ancient Glass in the Newark Museum_, #70, pg. 72.