Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
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Translucent yellow green; handles in translucent blue green, and trail in translucent turquoise blue.
Rim folded in and down sides of neck; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; pontil mark on bottom; basket handle made from three separate rods, two attached to side of body over trail, drawn up and outward, then turned sharply in and dropped onto rim, the third rod then applied to top of one handle, drawn up and down, with acute angle at apex, and attached to top of other handle.
Single fine trail applied as a pad near bottom of body, drawn up and wound in a spiral slightly over seven times around body, ending below rim.
Broken and repaired around body with one small hole; large, elongated bubbles in body, more bubbles and impurities in handle; faint iridescent weathering.
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