Toilet Bottle

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Object Name: 
Toilet Bottle
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
86.1.18
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.9 cm, Diam (max): 3.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25-125
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Primary Description: 
Transparent light green glass; blown. Tubular shape, with body about half of total height; everted rim, folded upward and inward, and flattened; cylindrical neck with constriction at bottom; narrow conical body, curving inward at bottom; flat base; no pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Herpst Estate, Martha J., Source
1986-07-31
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Transparent pale green
Technique: 
blown

Publications (1)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 140, #232; p. 345, #232; BIB# 58895