Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Colorless with pale bluish tinge and streaked with purple. Beveled rim, folded out, over, and in; tall cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; conical body with rounded sides turned in to uneven, flattened bottom. Wheel-cut horizontal groove around body. Intact; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, some pitting, and iridescent weathering on rim and interior of neck.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76