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Miniature, thin-walled bottle.
Colorless.
Rim folded out, round, and in, and flattened on top; cylindrical neck; lentoid body, shaped like a round disk, with pontil scar on bottom edge. A large tooled indent below neck on one side.
Large hole in on edge of body; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; pitting, brilliant iridescence, and patches of thick weathering.
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Title: Glass lentoid bottle
Period: Imperial
Date: ca. 2nd–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and tooled
Dimensions: H.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.115.66
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