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Water Bottle
(Roman Empire )
This bottle is constructed of sheets of metal with repoussé designs on back and front with rings of large and small dots and rosettes. The bottle has a long pipe spout and a wire handle attached by two loops, also with a ring at the bottom attached by a loop.
Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1976 | Greek and Roman Metalware. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/4/1970 | Treatment | cleaned; repaired; loss compensation |
Geographies
Italy, Etruria (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H, including handle: 13 13/16 × W: 7 15/16 × D: 3 3/4 in. (35.1 × 20.2 × 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.103