A Roman Glass Bottle

Here is my newest Roman Glass Bottle. A beautiful bottle with lots of color to it. It’s about 6” high.

Looking into the bottle.

 

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An excellent addition to your collection.

 

...purdy!..

 

Nice addition!

 

Very cool. Handle with care...

 

Yes, TLC is required for these. I have a few of them and one more on the way. All different and all unique. I soak them in warm water to get some of the dirt off but I never scrub them clean. That’s why they all have some dirt on them.

 

Very nice and in really good display condition

 

It's beautiful! I most recently posted photos of my three ancient Roman glass bottles at https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-bottle.379696/#post-7486140

 

I wonder what it held.

 

These are called unguentaria and were probably used to keep and pour different kinds of ointments.

 

I’d like one but I would fear breaking it

 

They are very fragile. Even cleaning all the dirt off the bottle can cause it to break in your hands.

 

I've sort of wanted one and also one of the ceramic lamps, but after breaking a porcelain coin a few years ago that fragile stuff can go to other personal museums.

 

I understand

 

I have another one on order. It should arrive soon.