Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Translucent cobalt blue. Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; slightly convex, cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; piriform body; flat bottom with traces of a circular pontil mark. Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior; patches of soli encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.

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