Glass cylindrical bottle

Unknown

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

Colorless with greenish tinge. Tubular rim, folded out, slightly down, round, and in, forming uneven oval mouth; short cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body with vertical sides; concave bottom. Intact; pinprick and a few later bubbles; patch of reddish soil encrustation on neck and underside of rim on exterior, most of interior covered with soil encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881