Glass jug with trefoil rim

Roman

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Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Tubular rim folded over, in, and pressed into sides of neck, then tooled into trefoil shape; cylindrical, funnel-shaped neck, slightly tooled in at base; bulbous body; slightly concave bottom; strap handle applied in two large splayed claw pads to top of body, drawn up and outward, curved in, with a vertical fold as thumb rest above rim, and then trailed on to outer edge of rim and top of neck.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting, with weathering and iridescence.

Glass jug with trefoil rim, Glass, Roman

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