2nd-3rd century AD. A mould-blown flask with elliptical body, short neck and thick everted rim in amber-tinted glass, the body with modelled wrinkles to resemble a date. See Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 631 for type. 40.4 grams, 64mm (2 1/2"). From a private Netherlands collection; previously in an old collection since before 1980.