Double Head-shaped Jug with Coil Handle: Two Chubby Faces, One Smiling, One Serious

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Double Head-shaped Jug with Coil Handle: Two Chubby Faces, One Smiling, One Serious

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

DateProbably 19th or early 20th century

DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm); H (Body): 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Max Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm);
Rim Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); Base Diam (nose to nose): 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)

MediumMouth and neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections, probably open at the base (MCT IX).

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.527

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DescriptionTranslucent grayish blue green (5 BG 5/2). Medium thin glass. Very bubbly glass with black specks; many bubbles burst at surface. Mold seams concealed in hair at junction of heads. No mold seam on underside of base. Relief indistinct. Ring pontil ca. 1.9 cm. in diameter. Excess glass at tip of handle folded back against top of handle. Spouted mouth (not aligned with mold seam), with rim rounded in flame. Tubular neck, with slight constriction at its base marking top of mold. Body in the shape of a double head. Oval flattened base, slightly convex (vessel cannot stand). Coil handle applied to forehead of face A and attached to rim where it is folded downward, inward, and upward to form a closed loop. For description, see 1923.512. Translucent grayish blue green (5 BG 5/2). Rim, mouth, and neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections, probably open at the base (MCT IX). Mold seams concealed in hair at junction of heads. No mold seam on underside of base. Relief indistinct. Ring pontil ca. 1.9 cm. in diameter. Excess glass at tip of handle folded back against top of handle. Spouted mouth (not aligned with mold seam), with rim rounded in flame. Tubular neck, with slight constriction at its base marking top of mold. Body in the shape of a double head. Oval flattened base, slightly convex (vessel cannot stand). Coil handle applied to forehead of face A and attached to rim where it is folded downward, inward, and upward to form a closed loop. For description, see Cat. No. 164.

Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, cat. no. 165, p. 244.