Glass perfume bottle

Roman

Not on view

Translucent purple.
Everted rim, folded over and in, flattened unevenly on upper surface; cylindrical neck with slight tooling indent around base; globular body; flat bottom.
On upper body, a band of three concentric wheel-cut lines, comprising two fine lines flanking a central broader line.
Intact; many bubbles and blowing striations; pitting and brilliant iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and weathering on interior.

Glass perfume bottle, Glass, Roman

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