Glass jug

Roman

Not on view

Small jug.
Colorless with yellow green tinge; handle and trail in same color.
Rim folded out, round, and pressed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards and joining imperceptibly with slender bulbous body; thick bottom, concave at center and with splayed outer edge; rod handle attached to upper body in a clawed pad, drawn up and slightly outwards, then turned in sharply onto rim, with projecting pinched fold above.
Around neck, single uneven trail, forming an incomplete circle and now unattached to vessel.
Broken and repaired around body with several losses; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, severe pitting, and iridescent weathering.

Glass jug, Glass, Roman

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