Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent deep honey brown. Everted, horizontal rim with rounded outer lip; cylindrical neck, tapering downward, with slight tooling marks around base; squat piriform body; small flat bottom. Intact; some bubbles and blowing striations; patches of dulling and creamy, iridescent weathering, with soil encrustation on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881