Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with pale blue tinge. Rim folded out, over, and in; slightly flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; ovoid body; small, slight concave bottom. Horizontal tooled indent around upper part of body. Intact but with internal crack across bottom; pinprick and larger bubbles and blowing striations; slight dulling and pitting on exterior around rim; on interior brilliant silver-like iridescent weathering with some soil encrustation and one large, loose lump.

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