PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoRoman glass perfume bottle shaped like sandals, 2nd-3rd century ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up165
arrow-up165imageRoman glass perfume bottle shaped like sandals, 2nd-3rd century ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 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-up3·3 months agoThey’re so pretty! I wouldn’t have been able to bring myself to break it.
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.