Rod with Spoon-Shaped End (Cosmetic Applicator)
Rod with Spoon-Shaped End (Cosmetic Applicator)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
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
Fourth century CE
Probably fourth century
Late 18th Dynasty (about 1350–1300 BCE)
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably fifth or sixth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
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