Rod with Spoon-Shaped End (Cosmetic Applicator)
Rod with Spoon-Shaped End (Cosmetic Applicator)
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Dateabout 1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsL: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); W: 5/16 in. (0.75 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2407B
Not on View
DescriptionElongated linear bubbles. A few sandy impurities.
Medium blue, enclosing white cane; rounded at one end, other end rounded and flattened.
Opaque white, cased in translucent dark blue but appearing opaque light blue on one side.
Drawn rod made from two colored canes. Added thread.
Solid cylindrical rod with small flattened "spoon" at one end and rounded end at other. "Spoon" bends up at an angle of 10 degrees.
Glass; drawn and tooled.
about 1st-2nd century CE
2nd-5th century CE
4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1350–1300 BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
4th century
about 3rd century CE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
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