Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Uncertain, possibly colorless. Everted rim, folded over and in, with beveled upper surface; cylindrical neck, with horizontal tooling marks around base; piriform body; concave bottom. On body, two broad horizontal cut grooves: one immediately below neck, the other midway down side. Intact, but a crack in rim and upper neck; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; deep pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering.

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