A ROMAN PALE GLASS FEEDER FLASK, of stylized bird form, the squat body with short tapered spout at one side of base, vertical neck with everted rim, pontil mark on base, iridescence, chip to rim of spout -- 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high, 2nd Century A.D.; a pale green glass beaker, the lower body gently tapered towards the base, narrow everted rim -- 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a pale green round-bodied glass jar, with wide gently flaring collared neck -- 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; another smaller of yellow glass, with ten pinched vertical ribs around the body, inward-folded rim -- 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, all 3rd-4th Century A.D.; a twin-handled glass bottle with spherical body, inward-folded rim, white encrustation -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) high, circa 2nd Century A.D.; and a green glass bottle, with conical body tapering to short vertical neck, on pad foot -- 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high, circa 4th Century A.D. (6)

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A ROMAN PALE GLASS FEEDER FLASK, of stylized bird form, the squat body with short tapered spout at one side of base, vertical neck with everted rim, pontil mark on base, iridescence, chip to rim of spout -- 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high, 2nd Century A.D.; a pale green glass beaker, the lower body gently tapered towards the base, narrow everted rim -- 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a pale green round-bodied glass jar, with wide gently flaring collared neck -- 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; another smaller of yellow glass, with ten pinched vertical ribs around the body, inward-folded rim -- 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, all 3rd-4th Century A.D.; a twin-handled glass bottle with spherical body, inward-folded rim, white encrustation -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) high, circa 2nd Century A.D.; and a green glass bottle, with conical body tapering to short vertical neck, on pad foot -- 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high, circa 4th Century A.D. (6)

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