Glass bottle

Roman

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Translucent pale blue green, with same color trail.
Collared rim, folded out, down, round, out, and up, tooled in a level of mouth, then up and slightly outward, with rounded vertical lip; cylindrical neck, expanding downward, slightly flattened on one side below rim; rounded shoulder; squat, globular body; pushed-in bottom with central pontil mark.
Spiral trail applied to outer edge of shoulder in large pad and drawn down body to bottom.
Intact, except for cracks and two holes in body; much of trail decoration is missing; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering.

Glass bottle, Glass, Roman

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