Glass sprinkler bottle in the shape of a fish 3rd-4th century A.D. Roman Translucent pale blue green; applied trails and blobs in translucent deep turquoise blue.Rim tooled to form open mouth with projecting upper and lower jaws; cylindrical neck expanding downwards, folded in at base to form diaphragm with small central hole; lentoid body, tapering downwards, drawn out and pressed flat at bottom to form solid tail.Tail tooled into two projecting, knobbed fins; a thick trail applied under rim to form outline to mouth; two coiled blobs applied to sides of upper body as eyes; projecting trail applied at side of body as dorsal fin; a smaller trail applied at base of other side below tail as another fin.Complete, except for weathered chips to both fin trails; a few large bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, iridescent whitish weathering, and some loose soil in interior.Greenish, with blue plastic decoration.. Glass sprinkler bottle in the shape of a fish 249381