Glass spouted bottle

Roman

Not on view

Translucent pale blue green, with same color handle, spout, and trail.
Thick rim, folded over and in; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding at base to join globular body; low kick in bottom; straight spout, tapering to a fire-rounded point, attached at an angle to upper body on opposite side to handle; rod handle, applied as a thick pad to upper body, drawn up and outward, then turned in at an acute angle, and trailed onto top of neck, over trail and outside of rim.
Below rim, a single solid trail wound round neck slightly over 1½ times before handle was attached.
Intact; some pinprick and elongated bubbles, with a few black impurities; patches of gritty brown encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence.

Such vessels have frequently been called "feeder bottles," although it is more likely that they were used for pouring oil and other liquids onto food or into other receptacles.

Glass spouted bottle, Glass, Roman

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