Glass flask

Roman

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Translucent pale blue-green; trail in same color.

Thickened and rounded rim; flaring mouth; short, funnel-shaped neck; tall conical body, then turned in sharply to integral, low, solid base ring; flat bottom with low kick at center and part of a pontil scar.

At top of body, a thin trail applied as a small pad and then wound more than three times round and up in an irregular spiral.

Intact; some large and elongated bubbles, and a few white impurities; dulling, iridescent weathering, and some soil encrustation on exterior, thicker weathering, brilliant iridescence, and encrustation on interior.

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