Glass jug, Early Imperial, mid-1st century , Roman, Glass; blown and tooled, H.: 6 in. ( cm), Glass, Colorless with pale


Glass jug, Early Imperial, mid-1st century , Roman, Glass; blown and tooled, H.: 6 in. ( cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge; handle in same color. Rim folded out, down, up, and out, forming a downward flange and stepped profile; short cylindrical neck with faint horizontal tooling marks around base; piriform body, with slight horizontal bulge at point of greatest diameter; low integral foot ring, concave bottom; rod handle attached to top of body with long tail extending down side and pinched to form nine semicircular projections, drawn up, out, and round in a curve, and trailed on to top of neck and outer edge of rim with vertical, flat thumb-rest


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