Double Cosmetic Tube

Object Name: 
Double Cosmetic Tube

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Object Name: 
Double Cosmetic Tube
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
67.1.14
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 6.6 cm; Rim H: 9.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
300-399
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. S. J. Caraher
Primary Description: 
Transparent pale green and translucent bluish-green glasses; blown, tooled, applied. Double cosmetic tube with two handles; two tubes side by side, made from single bubble of pale green glass by pinching sides to form diaphragm; each tube has rim folded in, straight side which splays very slightly and curves inward at bottom, and slightly concave base with faint pontil scar; middle section of body has thin bluish-green trail wound spirally in nine revolutions; handles applied after trail; dropped onto body at mid-point, drawn up and out then folded over, down and up to rim.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Caraher, S. J., Source
1967
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Transparent green,bluish-green
Technique: 
blown, tooled, applied
tooling

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) p. 194, pl. 745; BIB# 58895