Glass flask

Roman

Not on view

Translucent pale blue green.
Plain, everted rim, with outward fold below; funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards; narrow, concave shoulder surrounded by circular ridge; globular body; concave bottom.
Below ridge, around top of body faint indentations; on lower body, a horizontal, thickened ridge.
Complete, but cracked on one side of body; few bubbles; large areas covered with soil encrusation, thick weathering, and iridescence.
The vessel was blown into a dip mold, withdrawn, and (over-) inflated to the present size and shape, so that most of the mold ribbing disappeared.

Glass flask, Glass, Roman

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