Double Tube with Looped Trails

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Double Tube with Looped Trails

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateSixth to early seventh century

DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1278

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DescriptionTransparent natural grayish-green (near 10 GY 5/2). Translucent similarly colored trails. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm in diameter; ground off. Body pinched once lengthwise. Excess glass at tips of trails clipped off. Medium thin glass. Numerous small and medium-sized vertically elongated bubbles in body. Blowing spirals. Hollow rim folded inward and downward. Flattened body with two tubular compartments, narrowing slightly until ca. 4.0 cm above base then broadening to flat base. Four looped trails. Two side trails applied above base, touched down to body five times to form five loops, attached below rim where they are folded inward, upward, and outward to form a closed loop, then folded inward over rim. Trails on front and back are applied to lower body, touched down to body three times, to form three loops attached below rim where they are folded inward/downward and outward/upward to form a closed loop, then folded inward over rim. CLASSIFICATION: Double Tube IG2a.