Glass perfume bottle

Roman

Not on view

Thick, heavy glass.

Translucent deep blue green.

Rim folded out, round and in, with outer lip beveled and inner flattened into short, flaring mouth; slightly concave cylindrical neck, with fine tooled groove at base; squat body with conical, convex-curving side; pushed-in bottom, with central pontil ring.

Intact; many bubbles and blowing striations; pitting, dulling, and iridescence, with most of surfaces covered with thick, creamy weathering.

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