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Description: | The shapes, styles and uses of glass objects varied throughout the Roman Empire. One particular speciality of Cypriot glassmakers was the perfume bottle or `unguentarium'. The large body would have held expensive perfumed oils, which could be carefully poured using the tapering neck and flared mouth. All of the glass in this collection is Roman, of the first or second century AD. The great majority of the items were found in Cyprus and came to the museum in April 1888 as part of Lord Brassey's 'Cretan' donation. The vessels were blown into shape, this technique having been discovered in the first century BC. The manufacture of glass itself was first discovered in Egypt or Syria and dates back to at least 2500BC. The lustre apparent in some of the items results from burial and atmospheric change.
Roman flask for oils. Unguentarium, large body, long tapering neck, flared mouth | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Roman period Archaeology | Temporal: | 0001 - 0200 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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