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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.
Exhibitions (5)

Steuben Glass Animals
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1988-11 through 1988-11

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Venue(s)
Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Venue(s)
Kurpfalzischen Museum 1952-11 through 1953

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith
Venue(s)
Museum Dahlem 1951-09 through 1951-11
Publications (15)
Ancient and Islamic Glass: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2019)
illustrated, pp. 94-95;
Zhongguo gu dai bo li qi min = Chinese ancient glass (2018)
illustrated, p. 264 (fig. 6-75);
The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects (2018)
illustrated, p. 123 (fig. 3);
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014)
illustrated, p. 188-189, #932;
BIB# 113723
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 48;
BIB# 68214
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974)
illustrated, p. 34, #34;
BIB# 28793
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957)
illustrated, pp. 247-249, #497;
BIB# 27315
Atti Del III Congresso Internationale del Vetro: The Challenge of Ancient Glass to the Modern Glass Industry (1953)
p. 698, fig. 5;
BIB# 30434
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith (Heidelberg) (1952)
illustrated, p. 18-19 (#101);
BIB# 31788