Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless with pale blue tinge. Rim folded out, over, and in, flattened on top and tooled on one side to form spout; short cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base; conical body with rounded curve to slightly convex bottom. Intact; few pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling. and iridescent weathering, with some soil encrustion 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