PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRoman glass perfume bottle shaped like sandals, 2nd-3rd century ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up164
arrow-up164imageRoman glass perfume bottle shaped like sandals, 2nd-3rd century ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI wonder if this was some kind of joke or pun that makes more sense in Latin? I’m hoping it wasn’t shaped that way because it contained eau de foot…
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoToday we have Vodka bottles shaped like a skull, so it could just be novelty?
minus-squareCatoblepaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt definitely could be, but I guess a skull just seems inherently cooler than sandals. I’m assuming good quality blown glass wasn’t cheap but I don’t know that for sure, maybe it was an inexpensive novelty.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoIn the first century AD is when glass started to become comparatively cheap. This probably would have been out of reach of the budget of your common working man, but it was perfectly economically viable for, say, the moderately rich to order mass-produced bird-shaped perfume bottles which had to be broken to be used, just for style points
minus-squareCatoblepaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThey’re so pretty! I wouldn’t have been able to bring myself to break it.
I wonder if this was some kind of joke or pun that makes more sense in Latin? I’m hoping it wasn’t shaped that way because it contained eau de foot…
Today we have Vodka bottles shaped like a skull, so it could just be novelty?
It definitely could be, but I guess a skull just seems inherently cooler than sandals. I’m assuming good quality blown glass wasn’t cheap but I don’t know that for sure, maybe it was an inexpensive novelty.
In the first century AD is when glass started to become comparatively cheap. This probably would have been out of reach of the budget of your common working man, but it was perfectly economically viable for, say, the moderately rich to order mass-produced bird-shaped perfume bottles which had to be broken to be used, just for style points
They’re so pretty! I wouldn’t have been able to bring myself to break it.