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<p>[QUOTE="Soki, post: 6601660, member: 79556"]Hi guys,</p><p><br /></p><p>finally got my first authentic Roman Glass piece. It‘s a small Unguentarium. It measures ~63x18mm and weighs only ~3.1g. It‘s incredibly light and thin-walled glass, typical for the romans. There’s also a pontil mark on the bottom. The bottle partly shows a wonderful rainbow iridescence, which varies in colour. </p><p><br /></p><p>It shows every aspect of an authentic piece:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>thin, lightweight glass</li> <li>typical Unguentarium shape</li> <li>Very clean and nice craftsmanship, rim carefully folded inwards</li> <li>Natural rainbow iridescence, varying in colour and shape. It‘s also build in layers and slightly flakes off</li> <li>the colour is a rarer one, but it‘s known to be produced by the romans</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>I absolutely love this piece, especially the colour. It’s a soft golden yellow hue, reminds me of copal. It’s much lighter and less orange than amber. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The seller dates this piece to 200-300 AD. If you could add any information, it would be nice<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I need something like a small stand and a display case, any recommendations?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks a lot,</p><p><br /></p><p>Simon</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419934[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419935[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419936[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419937[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419939[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419940[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Soki, post: 6601660, member: 79556"]Hi guys, finally got my first authentic Roman Glass piece. It‘s a small Unguentarium. It measures ~63x18mm and weighs only ~3.1g. It‘s incredibly light and thin-walled glass, typical for the romans. There’s also a pontil mark on the bottom. The bottle partly shows a wonderful rainbow iridescence, which varies in colour. It shows every aspect of an authentic piece: [LIST] [*]thin, lightweight glass [*]typical Unguentarium shape [*]Very clean and nice craftsmanship, rim carefully folded inwards [*]Natural rainbow iridescence, varying in colour and shape. It‘s also build in layers and slightly flakes off [*]the colour is a rarer one, but it‘s known to be produced by the romans [/LIST] I absolutely love this piece, especially the colour. It’s a soft golden yellow hue, reminds me of copal. It’s much lighter and less orange than amber. The seller dates this piece to 200-300 AD. If you could add any information, it would be nice:) Now I need something like a small stand and a display case, any recommendations? Thanks a lot, Simon [ATTACH=full]419934[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419935[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419936[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419937[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419939[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419940[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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