Double Tube with Looped Trails

Image Not Available

Expand

IIIFView PDF

Double Tube with Looped Trails

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Palestine

Date6th to early 7th century

DimensionsH: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1276

Not on View

DescriptionThis double-tube vessel was made from free-blown and tooled glass. The pontil mark, approximately 1.3 cm in diameter, was ground off after forming. The body was pinched once lengthwise to create two tubular compartments. Medium-thin glass walls show visible blowing spirals, but the fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. The glass is transparent to translucent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2), with translucent similarly colored trails. Two looped side trails were applied to the lower body, touched down twice to form three loops, and then attached just below the rim. The tips of the trails were folded back against the tops and flattened. The vessel has a hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The flattened body has straight walls that bulge above the base. This vessel is classified as a Double Tube IG2a.