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<em>Jug</em>, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view1.jpg)
Jug, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view1.jpg)
<em>Jug</em>, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view1.jpg)

Jug, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view1.jpg)

<em>Jug</em>, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view2.jpg)

Jug, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view2.jpg)

<em>Jug</em>, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view3.jpg)

Jug, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view3.jpg)

<em>Jug</em>, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_negA_bw.jpg)

Jug, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_negA_bw.jpg)

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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Glass
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES 4th century C.E.
PERIOD late Roman Period
DIMENSIONS 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.108.1
CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Large dark yellow-green jug with square body, pinched sides and short cylindrical neck ending in flat, wide rim from which a handle runs to the body. Condition: Body badly cracked along one side under handle, from which the crack runs up the neck to the rim. Interior discolored apparently with the same substance as in 16.108.2 Base shows evidence of extensive use, unlike most other pieces in this group. Rim also shows traces of extensive use and is slightly chipped.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Jug, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.16.108.1_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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<em>Jug</em>, 4th century C.E. Glass, 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (20 x 11 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.108.1_view1.jpg)

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