100-300 AD. Roman. Yellowish-green glass beaker with flaring rim, lightly piriform body and ring foot; trailed decoration runs around horizontally around the vessel below the rim. Glass was a major manufacturing industry in the Roman Empire, especially after the invention of glassblowing in the middle of the first century BC, when glass became used for a variety of purposes including vessels, jewellery and construction materials such as glass or tiles. Roman glassmaking reached the farthest corners of the Empire and flourished until about 400 AD, when the Roman Empire started to disintegrate, finally falling in the late 5th century AD. Vessels would probably have been used for perfumes, oils (used as soap) and/or medicines in antiquity. Good condition; on a custom-made stand.Size: L:125mm / W:77mm ; 105g; Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1970s.