Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateLate fourth to end of fifth century
DimensionsH: 6 5/16 in. (16.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1279
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural grayish-green (5 G 5/2). Similarly colored handles. Medium thin glass. Black specks and stone in handles. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Pontil mark ca. 1.14 cm in diameter. Body pinched once lengthwise. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles drawn out thin against rim on one side, drawn back against top of handle on the other side, and on basket handle, drawn back up against handle.
Rim rounded in flame. Flattened body with two tubular compartments, narrowing to slender curve at base. Narrow, flattened base. Two angular coil handles applied to upper body and attached to rim; a curved basket handle made from a separate coil with rounded section applied to side and top of left side handle and attached to top of right side handle.
CLASSIFICATION: Double Tube IIC2a.
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth to early seventh century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth to early seventh century
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