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Unguentarium
Unguentarium
Date2nd-3rd century
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (6.3 × 4.7 cm) Mouth: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm) Base: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.43
On view
DescriptionSlight flaking Colorless with pale greenish tinge; translucent; flaring mouth, rim folded in; concave, cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder with rounded corners; roughly squared body with indented sides; iridescence with some dulling, cream colored flaking and weathering; inside is thinly encrusted with dirt

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Perfume vial
Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
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