Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Translucent green. Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; slightly convex neck, tooled in around base; globular body; flattened bottom with traces of a large, circular pontil mark in relief. Intact; many pinprick and small bubbles, with blowing striations; faint iridescence with small patches of pitting and weathering.

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