Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with pale blue green tinge. Rim folded out, round, and up, with vertical lip; cylindrical neck, slightly tooled in around base; elongated piriform body, tapering to solid knob base. Rim tooled on one side into small spout. Intact; few pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent 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