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Something lovely for the weekend! A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a little mouse 🐭😍

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Roman flask made of translucent cobalt blue glass in the form of a mouse. The neck of the flask is funnel-shaped and slightly up-turned to look like a tail. The body of the vessel is rounded and has four tooled trails for feet. A separate blob of glass forms the head with eyes, ears, and a pointed nose. The flask surface is decorated with distinctive trails of glass which have been flattened and notched, known as ‘snake thread’.
January 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM