Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Small perfume bottle Translucent pale blue green; trails in thin opaque white. Uneven rim folded out, over, and in; short, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; convex sloping shoulder with prominent tooling marks below; squat globular body; slightly concave bottom. Fine white trails forming swirling pattern. Broken and repaired around body; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering; creamy enamel-like weathering on 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