Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle

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Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date3rd-4th century

DimensionsH: 4 11/16 in. (12.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

MediumFree-blown and tooled glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1265

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DescriptionPontil mark ca. 1.6 cm in diameter; ground off. Added thread. Body pinched once lengthwise. Added handles; excess glass at tip of preserved handle drawn back against top of handle. Transparent natural green. Translucent similarly colored thread and handles. Everted rim folded inward and downward. Flattened wide body with two tubular compartments broadening toward greatest diameter above base. Narrow, uneven base. Two curved coil handles applied to upper body ca. 3.8 cm below rim and attached to edge of rim on one side, below rim on the other side where it is folded, upward, outward, and inward to form a closed loop; basket handle (missing) applied to attachment of right side handle and attached to top of left side handle. On upper two-thirds of body, nine revolutions of thread trailed on upward from right to left. Thread decoration applied before body was pinched. Transparent natural green. Translucent similarly colored thread and handles.