Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent dark purple; opaque white trails. Everted rim, folded over and in; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards, with horizontal tooled indent around base; globular body; small, flat bottom. Marvered trail decoration on entire body from rim to bottom, most of which is now missing through devitrification. Complete, but cracks in body; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting on exterior, thick brown weathering and brilliant iridescence on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891