Glass trick bottle or cup 2nd–4th century Roman Translucent deep olive green, appearing opaque folded down, over, and in, forming slight inner lip; broad, uneven mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards to join squat bulbous body; bottom deeply push in to form hemispherical concavity. Stands ; pinprick bubbles; some pitting and iridescence, with one area of dulling where thick enamel-like brown weathering has flaked a perfume bottle with a deeply pressed in bottom. When inverted it appears as a 'double-walled' cup, hence this type of vessel has pr
Glass trick bottle or cup 2nd–4th century Roman Translucent deep olive green, appearing opaque folded down, over, and in, forming slight inner lip; broad, uneven mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards to join squat bulbous body; bottom deeply push in to form hemispherical concavity. Stands ; pinprick bubbles; some pitting and iridescence, with one area of dulling where thick enamel-like brown weathering has flaked a perfume bottle with a deeply pressed in bottom. When inverted it appears as a 'double-walled' cup, hence this type of vessel has previously been described as an 'egg cup.'. Glass trick bottle or cup 239735
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