Glass jug

Roman

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Colorless with greenish tinge; handle in deep blue green with purple streaks; trail in blue green.

Elongated trefoil rim with rounded lip and sides turned in to form a pronounced spout; short, cylindrical neck; slightly pushed-in shoulder; squat, bulbous body; large, tubular (?), integral base ring; slightly pushed-in bottom with part of circular pontil mark; rod handle attached to edge of shoulder, drawn up and outward, then turned in horizontally, and trailed onto back edge of rim, with flattened upper pad.

On shoulder, a fine, relief trail wound in an irregular spiral four or five times; on body, extending from shoulder to base ring, nine unevenly-spaced, tooled, vertical ribs.

Intact, except for slight losses to trail on shoulder; pinprick and larger bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering, with some dulling on handle.

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