Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Rome

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0444
Object Name: unguentarium
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Length: ;
Width: 3.9;
Height: 11.5;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;54g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Blue glass. Rim appears to have been cut off. Good material. Milky weathering. Iridescence and some golden-brown incrustation. Blowing spirals. Toilet bottle. Tall, cylindrical neck which broadens out slightly toward base. Triangular body. Flat base.; Gazda: Toilet bottle. Glass, free blown.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 1st - 2nd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 26 - Health and Beauty
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Collection Access
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Rome; unguentarium; Glass