Perfume Bottle
Artist
Unknown
Date1st–2nd century CE
Periodearly Roman Empire
CultureRoman
MediumGlass (free-blown)
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1448
Glass makers melted silica (sand) in combination with soda (sodium carbonate) and calcium (sometimes from added limestone). Glass workers in the ancient world used both raw glass and recycled glass. This glass bottle may have been intended for recycling. It has deformed through exposure to fire.
On View
Not on viewWidth: (1 1/8 in.) 2.86 cm
Thickness: (9/16 in.) 1.36 cm
Rim diameter, exterior: (1/2 in.) 1.05 to 1.68 cm
Wall thickness at rim: (1/16 in.) 0.20 cm
Neck diameter: (3/8 in.) 0.66 to 1.11 cm
Body diameter, maximum preserved as crushed: (1 1/8 in.) 2.88 cm
Medium Details
Color
Fabric: color not in Munsell
Inclusions
n/a
late 1st–mid-2nd century CE
3rd century CE
3rd–5th century CE
Unknown
4th century CE
late 1st–2nd century CE
4th to early 5th century CE
1st-4th century CE
Unknown
Unknown