Glass perfume bottle

Roman

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Thick, heavy glass.

Translucent deep blue green.

Rim folded out, round and in, with beveled upper lip; tall, slender neck, expanding downward, with broad tooled indent around base; slender piriform body, curving at base; small, thick bottom, with irregular indentations and one projecting trail.

Largely complete, but slight losses around rim; many bubbles and blowing striations; very heavy pitting and weathering, with brilliant iridescence. Soil encrustation blocking interior of neck.

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