Glass ornament in the shape of a fish 1st half of 4th century A.D. Roman Translucent cobalt blue; trails and blobs in opaque red and opaque white.Solid cylindrical body tooled at front to make a large open mouth, tapering to point at back; under body, cylindrical stem and a larger circular pad.Decoration comprises a white trail wound vertically four times round body in an irregular spiral, two white blobs for eyes, a red trail applied to mouth as lips, two red blobs behind eyes perhaps for gills, and a red flattened vertical dorsal fin applied over spiral trail; on circular pad, four red blobs on outer edge in a square pattern.Fish complete apart from tail and part of spiral trail, and part of pad and one blob missing; dulling, slight pitting, and thick creamy weathering with patches of iridescence.The ornament may have been attached to the side of a beaker or cup.. Glass ornament in the shape of a fish 249380