Glass bird-shaped bottle

Roman

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Translucent pale blue.

Rim folded round and in, pressed flat on top, forming an uneven mouth with a slight spout, and a deep tooled indent in side of neck immediately below rim; oval, slanting neck; broad, flat body, imitating the body of a bird, slightly indented behind neck, extending back away from neck toward a pointed end; slightly flattened bottom.

Broken, with one small hole on body near front and a large hole at rear of body, including most of tail; many bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting and weathering, with most of surfaces covered with weathering and brilliant iridescence, and some soil encrustation on interior.

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