Cobalt Glass Hydria

Core-formed glass hydria; Opaque white and opaque orange trails, translucent cobalt blue body and handles; Horizontal rim-disc with tool-marks on upper and under surfaces; tall, cylindrical neck meeting horizontal shoulder in right-angled curve; tall, ovoid body curving inward to short stem above a coiled pad-foot. Widely-swung upright handle, vertically ribbed, from shoulder to rim; two horizontal 'handles' (too small to be of use) pressed on to body just below shoulder at other axis of vessel, one with minimal piercing, the other solid. Marvered white trail dropped on at rim and drawn in sloping line to shoulder; two orange trails dropped on at shoulder; one (a false attempt) stops after a quarter-circle, the other joins the white trail and both continue together, alternating, to near pad-foot, at first in well-made zigzag panel, then in straight revolutions. Formed on a core; rim-disc, handles and base-knob drawn on and tooled; trails drawn on, marvered (except on lip) and combed. Dimensions: Diameter: 4.30 centimetres max ; Height: 6.60 centimetres Object Type: hydria Series: Mediterranean Group 2 Techniques: core-formed; trailed; marvered; tooled; combed Condition: Only stumps of upright handle extant. Incipient dulling and weathering in parts, but vessel mostly retains pristine sheen.