Glass jug

Roman

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Translucent pale blue-green; handle in same color.
Rim folded out, over, and in, with beveled inner edge on flaring mouth; broad, funnel-shaped neck, with slight indent at base; elongated piriform body, tooled in to form integral pad base; flat bottom but with uneven indent off-center; strap handle applied as three large claws to top of body, drawn up and out, turned in at sharp angle, and trailed on to top of neck and underside of rim.
Intact, but cracks in body; many pinprick bubbles and some blowing striations; pitting, dulling, and milky weathering with iridesence.

Glass jug, Glass, Roman

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