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Roman glassware includes some of the finest pieces of art ever produced in antiquity and the very best were valued higher than wares made with precious metals. However, plain glass vessels such as cups, bowls, plates, and bottles were also...

A Roman glass drinking cup, 1st - 3rd century CE. The shape and carved horizontal handles are typical of glass drinking cups of this period and their use was widespread throughout the Empire, even by those of more modest means. (Naxos Archaeological...

A Roman glass vase dating from the 1st to 3rd century CE. Glass vessels were often decorated so as to imitate more expensive metalware. (Naxos Archaeological Museum, Greece).

A detail of the neck and handle of a Roman glass bottle (1st - 3rd century CE). The handle shows the common technique of adding handles separately and the folding over of the glass at the ends due to the glassmaker's lack of cutting shears...

A Roman glass bowl or cup with moulded ribs. From the western cemetery of Aosta, northern Italy. Mid-1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Aosta)

Roman spherical perfume containers in coloured glass. 1st-2nd century CE. Provenance unknown. (Archaeological Museum of Pavia, Italy).

A Roman glass kantharos. 1st-2nd century CE. Provenance unknown. (Archaeological Museum of Pavia, Italy).

Roman glass two-handled cup. 1st-2nd century CE. Provenance unknown. (Archaeological Museum of Pavia, Italy).

Roman glass two-handled cup. 1st-2nd century CE. Provenance unknown. (Archaeological Museum of Pavia, Italy).

Roman glass bottle. 1st-2nd century CE. Provenance unknown. (Archaeological Museum of Pavia, Italy).