Roman Glass Feeding Bottle or Filler

Roman Glass Feeding Bottle or Filler
Blown in transparent pale green glass; globular body; conical neck with thread applied below rim; applied spout; smooth base, no pontil.

Broken and professionally restored. Losses to tip of spout. Loss near base, as visible in photo. Mineral deposits.

Eastern Mediterranean c. 2nd- 3rd c. AD
4½" tall

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For a similar example, see Susan H. Auth, "Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum" (Newark: Barton Press, Inc., 1976) P. 227, #503.

See also David Woodhouse, "Roman Glass in The Corning Museum Of Glass, Volume Three" (Corning, New York:The Corning Museum of Glass, 1997), p.150, #1153; Volume Two, p.168, #698.

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