Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st–2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue. Rounded rim, folded down and over; broad, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards, with tooling marks around base; conical body; thick, pushed-in bottom with central pontil scar. Intact; pinprick and some large bubbles and a few black impurities; dulling, limy encrustation and faint weathering, with some soil encrustation on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76