Glass perfume bottle

Roman

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Translucent pale blue green.
Thick, rounded rim, folded out, over, and in, smoothed into fairly broad collar to mouth; tall, cylindrical neck, tooled in around base; elongated piriform body; pushed-in bottom with kick and slight trace of pontil scar.
Intact; elongated and large bubbles; slight dulling, lime encrustation on exterior and inside mouth. The neck is blocked up with stones and earth, leaving deep brown-colored contents sealed in body, partially solidified and partially still liquid.

Glass perfume bottle, Glass, Roman

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