flaxe

flaxe, f.n: flask, bottle. (FLAK-suh / ˈflak-sə)

Two greenish-blue opaque glass bottles with elongated bulbous bodies and flaring mouths, decorated below the rim with a band of spiral trailing.
Pouch bottles from a high status burial site; England (Kent), late 6th or 7th century; Christie’s. [christies.com]

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