Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

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Double Tube with Freestanding Zigzag

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Palestine, probably made in Galilee

Date4th century

DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1287

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DescriptionThis free-blown and tooled glass vessel, classified as a Double Tube IB2a, consists of two flattened tubular compartments that broaden toward a narrow, flattened base. The body has a rim folded inward and downward, and the top of the dividing wall is recessed slightly into the interior. The glass is transparent natural green with a similarly colored translucent thread; the exact color cannot be determined due to weathering. The vessel is made of medium thin glass, and the fabric cannot be determined for the same reason. A pontil mark approximately 1.0 cm in diameter is ground off. The body is pinched once lengthwise. A freestanding zigzag coil is applied about 3.0 cm below the rim, running from left to right with twelve segments connecting the upper body and rim. This coil continues as ten revolutions of thread decoration that spiral down the body to about 3.0 cm above the base. The thread decoration was added after the body was pinched.