Glass indented jug

Roman

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Translucent pale green; handle and trails in translucent deep turquoise blue.

Rounded rim; broad, shallow, flaring mouth; slender cylindrical neck; irregular sloping shoulder; short, cylindrical body with convex-curving side; low kick in bottom and thick, central pontil scar; rod handle drawn up and outward from shoulder, then turned in horizontally and trailed onto underside of mouth and rim, and pinched off above.

On body, eight vertical indents; trail wound once round underside of mouth under handle; another trail wound round neck towards base.

Complete, but one section of rim and mouth broken and repaired, with slight loss to surface of trail; some pinprick and larger bubbles; traces of thick, creamy weathering, dulling, and iridescence on exterior, weathering and light soil encrustation on interior.

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