Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle

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Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateFifth century

DimensionsH: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Diam (rim): 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam (body): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1295

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DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Translucent similarly colored handles and thread. Pontil mark ca. 1.9 cm in diameter; ground off. Body pinched once lengthwise. Added thread. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles folded back against handles. Medium thin glass. Vertically elongated bubbles of various sizes in body. Hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Flattened body with two tubular compartments, narrowing slightly toward waist then broadening to greatest diameter above base. Narrow base. Two curved coil handles and M-shaped lower tier of basket handle made from one continuous coil with round section applied to middle of left compartment; touched down below rim where it is folded inward, downward, and upward to form a closed loop; curved over mouth of left compartment; touched down to wall between compartments; curved up again over right compartment; touched down to outside rim of left compartment where it is folded downward, outward, and upward to form a closed loop; and attached to middle of right compartment; the second tier consists of a curved flat basket handle made from a separate coil with round section applied to right side of M-shaped lower tier and attached to left side. On lower part of body about five revolutions of thread trailed on from right to left beginning at bottom revolution, then pulled up to form about six revolutions of thread around upper part of body. Thread decoration applied after body was pinched. CLASSIFICATION: Double Tube IIIC2a.