Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with pale blue tinge. Short, slightly funnel-shaped, cylindrical neck with horizontal tooling marks around base; piriform body; small, slightly concave bottom. Rim missing, unevenly broken off on neck with jagged edge, and cracked around body and bottom; many pinprick bubbles; deep pitting and iridescent weathering. Probably trimmed down around neck after losing original folded rim.

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