Glass perfume bottle

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Uncertain color, possibly colorless. Rim folded out, down, round, and up, forming narrow irregular collar around mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downward with slight tooling indent just above base; bi-conical body with rounded side at point of greatest diameter; small flat bottom. Horizontal line at junction of neck and body; another cut line around upper half of body. Complete but two cracks around side of body; many pinprick bubbles; pitting, thick creamy brown weathering, and brilliant iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915