Ca. 100-300 ADA lovely pale blue glass jug with a flaring rim, corseted neck with an applied thread of trailing, piriform body, folded handle, and splayed foot. Glass was a major manufacturing industry in the Roman Empire, especially after the invention of glassblowing in the middle of the first century BC, when glass became used for a variety of purposes including vessels, jewellery, and construction materials such as glass or tiles. Cf. Ve?ronique Arveiller-Dulong - Marie-Dominique Nenna, Les verres antiques du Muse?e du Louvre, II: Vaisselle et contenants du Ier sie?cle au de?but du VIIe sie?cle apre?s J.-C. (Paris, Mus閑 du Louvre 蒬itions, 2005).Size: L:165mm / W:80mm ; 110gProvenance: Property of a London Ancient Art gallery; previously acquired on the UK art market.