Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

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

Translucent green. Lob-sided rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed flat around mouth; cylindrical neck, with horizontal tooled indent around base; tall, slender conical body; thick pushed-in bottom with irregular pontil scar. Intact; many elongated bubbles, some large; dulling, slight pitting of surface bubbles, and faint iridescent weathering on exterior, soil encrustation and weathering on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881