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Large and impressive Roman square glass bottle in semi-translucent light blue with greenish tinge. The semi-translucent strap handle has four ribs and shows a beautiful distribution of light. The bottle was made in a mould, the handle has been put on from the shoulders with a post of glass separately, fed up and placed against the neck and lower part of the edge. A superb example of Roman glass art. 

Height: ± 17,5 cm

Condition: good condition with very appealing iridescence. This type usually has a flat rim which is no longer present, unclear if this is an adaptation from the time to make pouring more easy or if it is removed in a later time. Apart from the mentioned flat rim, the bottle is fully intact without cracks and only a small internal hairline along the neck.  See images.

Certificate of Authenticity: available upon request (pdf-format).

ANCIENT GLASS
Glass has always been found in nature, but the humans first created glass about 4.000 years ago. when ancient craftsmen in Mesopotamia discovered the art of mixing sand, soda and lime to make glass.
For centuries, glass was a luxury item and reserved for the upper classes.

Glassmaking centers around the Mediterranean world experimented with new techniques (casting, core-forming, mosaic glass) and with colours by adding metallic oxides (cobalt, copper, etc) to the mixture.

The Romans learned the glass-making craft after the conquest of Egypt in the 1st century BC. During the 1st century AD the glassblowing technique revolutionized the production and made it possible to produce larger quantities. By adding manganese dioxide Roman glassmakers successfully produced colourless or ‘aqua’ glass for the first time.

Roman glass became a very popular material, used for beads, glass windows, mosaic tiles, tableware pieces etc. Roman glass was traded all over the Roman Empire and far beyond to Central Africa, Scandinavia and via the Silk Route to China.


1st - 2nd century AD

Ancient Roman square Glass Bottle, large

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