Ca. 150–300 AD. Roman. A pale blue-green glass spouted jug with a rolled rim, a flaring mouth and a cylindrical neck, expanding at the base to join a globular body. A straight spout is attached at an angle to the upper body on the opposite side to the rod handle, which is applied as a thick pad to the upper body, drawn up and outward, then turned in at an acute angle, and trailed. The jug shows patches of brilliant iridescence. Vessels such as this one have frequently been called "feeder bottles," although it is more likely that they were used for pouring oil and other liquids onto food or into other receptacles. Cf. with a very similar spouted jug in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245219. Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1980s. Size: L:105mm / W:98mm ; 57.7g