cosmetic tube

Object NameDouble Cosmetic Tube

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

Place MadeEastern Roman Empire

Techniqueblown, tooled, applied

SizeOverall H (with handle): 16 cm, W (max. across handle): 9.9 cm

Accession Number54.1.58

Credit LineGift of I. C. Elston, Jr.

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent light bluish-green glass; blown; tooled; applied. Double cosmetic tube with basket handle; two tubes side by side, made from single bubble of glass by pinching sides to form diaphragm. Each tube has rim folded in and down, straight side curving in at bottom, and flat base with pontil scar. Basket handle formed by dropping trail onto one tube shortly above mid-point; drawing this out and up, then in to touch rim; trail then drawn down, out and up to apex of handle, after which it curves down and outward, then in to rim of second tube, below which it was drawn out, down and in, to resemble opposite side.
Provenance

Source I. C. Elston Jr. - 1954-09-07