Double Tube with Side Handles

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Double Tube with Side Handles

Place of OriginPalestine

DateLate 4th to end of 5th century

DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (11.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1273

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DescriptionTThis double-tube vessel was made by free-blowing and tooling glass. The pontil mark measures approximately 1.0 cm in diameter and has been ground off. The body was pinched once lengthwise to form two tubular compartments. Handles were added separately, with excess glass at the tips folded back against the handles. The glass is transparent natural greenish-yellow, with translucent pale green handles. Exact colors cannot be determined because of weathering. The fabric is thin, with visible blowing spirals. The hollow rim is folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The body is flattened, with straight walls that broaden almost imperceptibly toward the base. The base is narrow and flattened. Two curved coil handles with tails were applied above the base and trailed up the sides of the body with twelve crimps on the left side and eleven on the right. Each handle ends about 1.5 cm below the rim, where they bend outward to form decorative loop handles attached to the rim. The tip of the left handle is pinched to form a diagonal projection. This vessel is classified as a Double Tube ID2a.