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Double Head-Shaped Sprinkler Flask

Artist Unknown

Datecirca early 3rd century

MediumGlass (multi-part mold-blown and tooled)

DimensionsH. 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm) x Max. Diam. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm) x Diam. of rim 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. George D. Pratt, courtesy of Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington

Object numberG.50.8.42

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ProvenanceW. R. Valentiner, “Opening of Four New Galleries of Early Sculpture and Decorative Arts,” North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, no. 2 (Summer 1957), group of donated objects mentioned 21–22.

E. M. Stern, The Toledo Museum of Glass. Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries (Rome, ‘L’Erma’ di Bretschneider 1995) 238, no. 3.

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