Glass jug

Roman

Not on view

Colorless with pale green tinge; handle in same glass.
Rounded rim, slightly folded inwards; broad, funnel-shaped mouth; very narrow neck with concave profile; almost horizontal shoulder; squat bulbous body; push-in bottom with central pontil scar, forming thick internal dome; rod handle applied as a large round pad on upper side, drawn upwards, then down and in, and trailed onto rim, with flattened thumb rest projecting upwards.
Intact; a few bubbles and inclusions; faint weathering on exterior, thin creamy weathering and iridescence on interior.

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