Early 1st century AD. A deep blue glass vase with piriform body and flared rim, with possibly later moulded white glass applied decoration comprising a vine to the shoulder with leaves and bunches of grapes in high-relief possibly added later, rosette to the underside with eight radiating veined leaves and central boss. Cf. Lightfoot, C.S., Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, 2007, item 172, for type. 186 grams, 11.7cm (4 1/2"). From an important English collection; previously the property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.