Tube with Two Handles
Tube with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Possibly Syria
DatePossibly fourth 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 fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably late fourth to fifth century
Probably fourth century
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth centuries
4th-5th century CE
4th century CE
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