Glass cosmetic flask (kohl tube)
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Uncertain color; handles in same glass.
Tubular rim, folded out, over, and in; funnel-shaped mouth joining imperceptibly with slender cylindrical neck, which in turn joins with low, piriform body; splayed tubular foot, made by folding; deep kick in bottom with central pontil scar; two rods handles applied in large pads around neck, drawn out at an acute angle, then folded back in, and trailed off on lip of rim.
Intact; pinprick bubbles, and blowing striations; severe weathering and pitting, with brilliant iridescence on exterior, whitish weathering and soil encrustation on interior.
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