Tube with Two Handles
Tube with Two Handles
Place of OriginRoman Empire, possibly Syria
DatePossibly 4th century
DimensionsH: 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm); Diam (with handles): 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2129
Not on View
DescriptionVery thick bubbly glass, bubbles elongated diagonally in direction of ribs.
Translucent glossy vivid blue green. Similarly colored handles, base, and coil.
Rod-tooled and twisted. Excess glass at tips of handles melted into handles.
Rim edged with coil to cover irregularities. Constriction ca. 1.5 cm below rim. Tubular body tapering downward. Small non-functional knob-shaped base. Vessel cannot stand. Two curved coil handles applied below constriction and attached to edge of rim.
Rim coil covers edge of rim. Constriction at ca. 1.4 cm below top of rim coil. On body, ca. eight irregularly twisted ribs spiral from lower right to top left, beginning ca. 1.7 cm above base and reversing direction above constriction below rim; spirals tighter toward base.
Glass; formed on a core or metal rod, applied handles and rim.
CLASSIFICATION: Rod-Tooled III C 1 c.
Probably 4th century
Probably 4th century
Probably late 4th to 5th century
Probably 4th century
Late 4th to mid-5th century
9th-11th century CE (?)
4th-5th century CE
mid-4th to mid-5th century
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
Probably mid-4th to early 5th century
Probably early 20th century (before 1913)
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