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Translucent greenish yellow.
Uneven rim folded out, round, and in; cylindrical neck, slightly tooled in around base; elongated piriform body, tapering to solid, drawn-out knob base with tooling indent in one side.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting and weathering, leaving a brilliant iridescent surface on exterior.
Colorless oval blown glass vase with pointed base and slender neck.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Early Imperial
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Other: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Diam. of rim: 3/4 in. (2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.27
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