Roman Blue-Green Glass Baby Feeder, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE Medium - Copper idealized features

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Width: 3 1/2 inches (8

lot 62 (part)

now features a fine deep green/brown patina

Roman Blue-Green Glass Baby Feeder, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE Medium - Copper idealized featuresMade from lovely pale green glass featuring a globular body with an upturned horn shaped spout, long cylindrical neck, and everted rim. Such glasses, which were common throughout the eastern Mediterranean region, are often called a "baby feeder", although they have also been described as a guttus, an askos, an oil flask, a blow pipe or, generally, as a pourer flask. Their use remains uncertain, but the fragility of the material makes it unlikely that