Roman glass unguentarium

Late II – early III century A. D.

Colorless glass, transparent. Tubular, swelling out at bottom to form a large domed body with shoulders, with wide base with deep conical hollowing underneath; cylindrical neck, spreading rim folded on top and pressed along inner edge. Tooling-mark at junction of neck and body. Variegated iridescence. Intact with minor chip on the rim.
H.  4.9″ (12.5 cm).
For published archaeological examples see:
Hayes J. W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1975, catalog # 262; Vessberg’s type “candlestick unguentarium” type IV.