Glass: Did you mean...?

A clear glass dish from Pompeii. 1st century CE. (Photo taken at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia) According to Pliny, high value was placed on colourless, transparent glass - basically that which mimicked rock crystal.

Roman blue-glass cinerary urn, from Luguvalium (Botchergate, Carlisle), 1st century CE. Carlisle Cathedral. Burning the body after death and keeping the bones and ashes in the cineraria (funerary urns) was a deeply rooted cultural tradition...

A c. 1882 oil on canvas painting, Roses in a Champagne Glass, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. One of the artist's last paintings when he was studio-bound due to illness. Friends brought the artist flowers daily and...

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

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

From the cuneiform inscriptions on this clay tablet we can conclude that recipes for making red glass were written with a made-up ancient date to give the impression of authority. Circa 1400-1200 BCE. Probably from Tell Umar (Seleucia on...

A Roman serving dish, probably for sauces, in blue glass. 1st-2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Como, Italy)

An amphoriskos is a small amphora, typically less than 4 inches in height. Polychrome and sand-core formed. The decoration and the technique used are very similar to Phoenician glass, reflecting the trade and cultural exchanges across the...