Double Tube with Side Handles

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Double Tube with Side Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateFourth century

DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1275

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DescriptionThis double-tube vessel was made from free-blown and tooled glass. The pontil mark was ground off after forming. The body was pinched once lengthwise to create two tubular compartments. Thin glass walls show blowing spirals. The condition of the fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Handles were added separately, and the excess glass at the tips of the handles was snapped off. The glass is transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2) with translucent similarly colored handles. The vessel has a single circular mouth with an everted rim rounded in flame and a visible tool mark along part of the interior. The flattened body broadens toward the base, and the top of the dividing wall sits about 2.0 cm below the rim, recessed deeply into the vessel. The base is narrow and flattened. Two angular coil handles are attached to the upper body approximately 2.3 cm below the rim and secured at the rim’s edge. This vessel is classified as a Double Tube IC2a.