Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateLate fourth to end of fifth century
DimensionsH: 6 11/16 in. (16.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1296
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Similarly colored handles.
Pontil mark ca. 1.7 cm in diameter. Body pinched once lengthwise. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles folded back against tops of handles. Tool mark at top of basket handle. Medium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Flattened body with two tubular compartments, narrowing at waist and broadening to greatest diameter above base. Narrow, flattened base. Two angular coil handles applied to middle of body and attached to rim; a curved basket handle made from a separate coil with circular section applied to top of left side handle and attached to top of right side handle.
CLASSIFICATION: Double Tube IIC2a.
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
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