Ca. 300-400 AD. Late Roman. A dark-coloured glass jug with a near-spherical body, a cylindrical neck decorated with a spiral trail, a splayed lip tooled into a wide trefoil spout, and a green-coloured thick handle. The jug displays areas of beautiful silver iridescence throughout its surface. Good condition. By the Late Roman period (4th-5th century AD), good quality glass tableware such as this jug - which was kept in the dining/reception rooms or the entrance room of a house - was not common and could have been used as a showpiece and perhaps even as a status symbol, suggesting that glass vessels played an important role in late Antique dining and society. For more information, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 88; 135. Size: L:90mm / W:65mm ; 64g. Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market before 2000.