Six Roman glass flasks
1st-5th Century A.D.
A blue glass bottle with trail decoration, 11cm high; a candlestick unguentarium, 17.9cm high; a tear bottle, 9cm high; a balsamarium on a pad base, with trail decoration, the original contents partially preserved, high; an iridescent pale green bottle with bulbous body, tall neck and infolded rim, 16.3cm high, and a small pale amber flask with funnel mouth, 7.6cm high (6)
Footnotes:
Provenance:
The blue bottle and small balsamarium with trail: Mrs Eveline Newgas, who acquired it on the 22 January 1976 at a Sunday Antiques Fair, Alexandra Palace.
Bonhams Edinburgh, Homes and Interiors, 14 June 2017, lot 267.
The candlestick unguentarium: Lyon and Turnbull, 6 March 2009, lot 5.
Property of a private collector, Edinburgh (1938-2021), acquired from the above sales.