Glass mosaic perfume bottle. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: Diam.: 4 in. (10.2 cm). Date: 1st half of 1st century A.D..Translucent deep cobalt blue, with translucent honey brown, opaque white, opaque light blue, and opaque yellow trails.Everted, rounded rim; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downward, with fine indent around base; globular body; concave bottom.Striped mosaic pattern of applied trails wound round on a blue ground and then tooled in four strokes, alternating upward and downward, into a broad feather pattern.Broken and repaired, with one large chip in rim, and one hole and some small cracks in body; some large bubbles; faint iridescence and small patches of creamy white weathering. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.