Glass, 100 grams, 137mm. Circa 3rd century AD. A translucent pale-blue glass bottle with a long fluted neck ending in a flat rim; the neck is decorated with a trailed glass collar. The bulbous body has a shallow dimpled base and a series of eight pinched peaks above the belly. 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.