Ancient Roman Glass Bottle

£ 195.00

An Ancient Roman bottle in light green clear glass and displaying silvery iridescence. The bottle consists of a concave base, an rounded body, and a wide, flaring mouth with a rolled rim.

Date: Circa 3rd – 4th cent. AD
Condition: Very fine, intact, with minor encrustations on the inside and iridescence over the whole.

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Product Code: RGS-08
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Glass was often the preferred material for storing expensive oils, perfumes, and medicines in antiquity because it was not porous. The small body and mouth allowed the user to carefully pour and control the amount of liquid dispensed. By the 1st century AD, the technique of glass-blowing had revolutionised the art of glass-making, allowing for the production of small medicine, incense, and perfume containers in new forms. Glass vessels are found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries, and the liquids, which filled them, would have been gathered from all corners of the expansive Roman Empire.

To learn more about Roman glass, visit our relevant post: How It Was Made: Roman Glass.

Dimensions H 8.2 cm
Glass

Blown Glass

Region

Southern Europe