Primary Description:
Animal with Double Cosmetic Tube. Almost colorless, with greenish, purple, and dark bluish-green glass; blown, tooled, applied. Double tube: two tubes, side by side, made from single bubble of glass by pinching sides vertically to form diaphragm. Rims (D. 1.1-1.2 cm) thickened slightly, with rounded lip; walls vertical; base embedded in body of animal. Applied decoration: single trail wrapped spirally 21 times around both tubes, from 2.9 cm to 7.5 cm below rims. Animal has two heads and two tails, but only four legs. Body and legs consist of single bit manipulated to form flat, rectangular body (L. about 4.5 cm, W. about 2.3 cm, Th. 0.7 cm) and short legs with bulbous feet; legs are straight, those at front point forward, and those at rear point back; bottom of double tube protrudes very slightly on underside of body. Heads consist of single bit manipulated to form two necks and heads, each with bulbous nose, and with green coil applied to forehead. Tails also consist of single bit, in this case manipulated to two upward projections shaped like pointed leaves.