Image Not Available
Cylinder
Date: Late nineteenth or first decade of twentieth century
Dimensions:
H: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: possibly Syria, probably Syro-Palestine; possibly Italy
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.100
DescriptionSolid cylinder. Semitranslucent medium blue ground. Top of object highly irregular with an uneven, protruding edge around half of the cylinder and a deep pointed, tooled cavity near the center; uneven vertical sides with a slight upward taper; uneven rounded bottom. Two crudely formed medium blue masks representing male faces set on opposite sides near the top. Surrounding each mask are five square or rectangular impressions left by tabs used to hold the mask molds in place during manufacture. Cast Glass; solid casting in a two- or three-piece mold; irregular vertical seams visible. Semitranslucent medium blue ground.
Not on view
In Collection(s)