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Translucent medium blue.
Everted, horizontal rim with angular outer lip; cylindrical neck, tapering downward, with slight horizontal indent around base; squat globular body; flat bottom.
Intact, but internal and one surface crack on interior of neck; dulling, pitting, and creamy, iridescent weathering.
Horizontal rotary grinding marks on exterior.
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Title: Glass perfume bottle
Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; cast and blown
Dimensions: H.: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Object Number: 81.10.261
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