Glass jug

Roman

Not on view

Colorless with a blue-green tinge; handle and trail of uncertain color.

Thickened rim, folded round and in; trefoil mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downward; globular body; round bottom with trace of round pontil mark; thick rod handle applied as a claw pad to upper body, drawn upward vertically, turned in and down, and trailed off onto back of mouth and rim.

A single fine trail applied to neck, wound in a spiral twelve times down neck and across body, ending near bottom.

Intact, but some section of trail missing; pinprick and larger bubbles; pitting, creamy weathering, and brilliant iridescence.

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