Double Head-shaped Flask (Sprinkler): Two Similar Smiling Faces

Place of OriginPerhaps United States

DateNineteenth century

DimensionsH: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); H (body): 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Max Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm);
Diam Rim: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Diam Base (nose to nose): 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

MediumRim and neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections, each including part of the base.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.513

Not on View

DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Medium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Numerous medium and small bubbles, vertically elongated in neck, spherical in body. Black specks in neck and rim. One continuous mold seam concealed in hair at junction of heads, extends across underside of base. U-shaped lock in mold seam in center of underside of base. Relief crisp. No pontil mark. Horizontal hollow rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Short tubular neck, with constriction at its base where an interior cut-out forms a diaphragm with an aperture of 0.8 cm. Body in the shape of a double head. Oval flat base. Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Rim and neck free blown. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections, each including part of the base. One continuous mold seam concealed in hair at junction of heads, extends across underside of base. U-shaped lock in mold seam in center of underside of base. Relief crisp. No pontil mark. Horizontal hollow rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Short tubular neck, with constriction at its base where an interior cut-out forms a diaphragm with an aperture of 0.8 cm. Body in the shape of a double head. Oval flat base. For description, see Cat. No. 166.

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. 167, p. 245-246.