cosmetic tube
Object NameCosmetic Tube
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
Techniqueblown, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 10.3 cm; Rim W (max): 4.3 cm
Accession Number54.1.34
Credit LineGift of I. C. Elston, Jr.
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Book and the Spade
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent yellowish-green glass, translucent bluish-green glass; blown, tooled, and applied. Two tubes side by side, made from single bubble of yellowish-green glass by pinching sides to form diaphragm; each tube has rim folded outward, upward and inward, straight side which curves in at bottom and small flat base with pontil mark; decoration consists of the bluish green trails: (1) zigzag trail wound once around body immediately below rim; (2) spiral trail wound thirteen times around body, at top of which it overrides zigzag trail.Provenance
Source
I. C. Elston Jr.
- 1954-09-07
1400-1085 BCE
25 BCE-99 CE
1900-1930
400-499
300-499
1200-1995
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