Glass, 15.78 grams, 39.15 mm. Circa 4th century AD. A translucent blue-green glass globular bottle with pontil base, tall and very narrow neck and flared rim. The constriction at the neck was designed to prevent loss by evaporation of the contents, and to assist when sprinkling the liquid. Reference: cf. Roman globular bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 207 and cf. p. 265-6. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 21.97 grams, 41.81 mm. Circa 2nd century AD. A translucent pale green glass bottle with rounded base, wide and funicular neck and slight rim. There is a round panel on the equator, made during manufacture. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 198. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 16.50 grams, 42.08 mm. Circa 1st century AD. An opaque dark blue glass bottle with rounded base, wide and funicular neck and slightly everted rim. The bottle belongs to a class of deeply coloured glass bottles and flasks intended to hold perfumes and unguents. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 190. Very fine condition, some surfacfe encrustation. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 13.49 grams, 39.05 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A translucent glass bottle with rounded base, short funicular neck and globular body. The base shows evidence of a pinch. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 235. Very fine condition, surface encrustation. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 21.77 grams, 34.08 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A translucent pale blue glass jar with flattened base, short neck and globular body. The iridescent surface remains on the base. Reference: cf. Roman jar illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 282. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 50.51 grams, 68.66 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A translucent green glass perfume bottle with convex base (no pontil mark), long narrow neck and squat bulbous body; the rim is funicular and everted. There is a bubble in the glass of the base, and a pinch at the base of the neck. This form of vessel is known as a 'candlestick' due to its slender proportions. They were used to store perfumes, as well as ointments, cosmetics and honey. Reference: cf. Roman unguentarium illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 270. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 54.94 grams, 41.25 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A translucent pale green glass bottle with pontil base, broad tubular neck and globular body. The junction of the neck and body is waisted. The deliberately streaky texture and coloration of the glass is visible at the neck. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 318. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 20.34 grams, 52.30 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A translucent pale green glass bottle with concave pontil base, broad funicular neck and globular body. The rim is thick and irregular, the body delicate. To the exterior of the upper body is a series of radiating ribs, with pinched ornament below. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 318. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 17.05 grams, 54.66 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A dark blue glass bottle with rounded base, broad funicular neck and globular body. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 289. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 14.30 grams, 64.54 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A pale green glass vessel with pontil base, broad funicular neck and conical body with vertical ribbing. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 9.82 grams, 62.88 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A pale blue vessel with pontil base, broad funicular neck and conical body with vertical ribbing. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 29.97 grams, 74.06 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A sturdy pale blue vessel with pontil base, broad funicular neck and globular body with vertical ribbing. The base features a c-shaped trail. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 33.09 grams, 74.90 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A sturdy pale blue vessel with pontil base, broad tubular neck with thickened rim and tubular body with vertical ribbing. The base features a small c-shaped trail. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 14.95 grams, 65.54 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A delicate pale blue vessel with pontil base, broad slightly funicular neck with thickened rim and conical body with vertical ribbing. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 26.84 grams, 71.41 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A delicate pale blue vessel with pontil base, broad slightly funicular neck with thickened rim and barrel-shaped body with vertical ribbing. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 7.32 grams, 61.89 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A delicate pale blue vessel with pontil base, narrow tubular neck with irregular rim and conical body with vertical ribbing. There is a pinch to the body below the junction with the neck. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 32.03 grams, 78.25 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A delicate pale blue vessel with pontil base, broad tubular neck and barrel-shaped body with vertical ribbing. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 237. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 20.48 grams, 49.91 mm. Circa 1st century AD. An opaque dark blue glass bottle with rounded base, wide neck and thickened rim. The bottle belongs to a class of deeply coloured glass bottles and flasks intended to hold perfumes and unguents. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 190. Very fine condition, some surface encrustation. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 38.96 grams, 76.82 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A translucent pale blue glass bottle with shallow concave pontil base, broad funicular neck with thickened rim and barrel-shaped body. To the exterior of the body is a series of radiating ribs, alternating between straight ones and those with a split and central void. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 318. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 14.61 grams, 50.60 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A translucent pale green glass bottle with rounded base, narrow funicular neck with thickened rim and globular body. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 211. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 9.62 grams, 36.55 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A very delicate translucent pale green glass bottle with rounded base, wide neck and everted rim. On the underside are the remains of a separate basal trail. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 190. Fine condition, chip to rim. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 25.50 grams, 48.00 mm. Circa 1st century AD. A delicate translucent pale green glass bottle with rounded base, wide funicular neck and thickened rim. On the underside are the remains of a separate basal trail. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 190. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 17.98 grams, 58.25 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A translucent pale green glass bottle with pontil base, narrow funicular neck with thickened everted rim and globular body. Reference: cf. Roman bottle illustrated in Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997 item 191. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 7.28 grams, 60.10 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A translucent green glass phial with a narrow tubular neck and a flared rim; the neck develops from the spherical body which has no base. The glass is thin and delicate with an attractive iridescent surface. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 31.18 grams, 57.26 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A translucent pale-amber glass bottle with a short flaring neck; the bulbous body has a rounded base with a slight dimple. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottles used as containers for oils and perfumed substances, as well as for storing and dispensing liquids and ointments. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 6.32 grams, 92.92 mm. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. A translucent pale-blue glass bottle with a long funicular neck and a flared rim; the neck develops into the tubular body which has a short bulb and narrow, flattened base. The glass is thin with an attractive, iridescent surface. Reference: cf. Roman glassware from British finds in Allen, D. Roman Glass in Britain, Princes Risborough, 1998. Repaired crack around centre, otherwise extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glass, 27.97 grams, 68.29 mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A translucent glass bottle with a long fluted neck with flat rim, and a wider body decorated with raised ribs. The base has a concave centre which allows the piece to stand. Unguentaria are small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. Its most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substances. Ref: similar to Bonhams lot 229. 27 April 2006. A beautiful piece in extremely fine condition. Ex old English collection.