Ancient Roman glassware

Roman cameo glass vase

right|thumb|Greek glass alabastron, probably made in Italy in 1st/2nd century BC, and now part of the Campana Collection of the Musée du Louvre.

4th-century Roman cup with unusual properties

thumb|350px|Roman marbled glass piriform unguentarium (front and back) thumb|upright|Unguentarium carved from a 2860-carat Colombian emerald, Habsburg-Lorraine Household Treasure, [[Imperial Treasury, Vienna.]] An unguentarium (: unguentaria), also referred to as balsamarium (: balsamaria), lacrimarium (: lacrimaria) or tears vessel, is a small ceramic or glass bottle found frequently by archaeologists at Hellenistic and Roman sites, especially in cemeteries. Its most common use was probably as a container for oil, though it is also suited for storing and dispensing liquid and powdered substan

luxury Late Roman glass vessel

ancient glass covered by a patina responsible of their iridescent hues of blue, green, and orange

thumb|Eulogy ampulla representing St. Menas and [[St. Thecla (terracotta, 6th century, Louvre Museum)]]

type of glass with gold leaf between layers of glass

glass making technique where glass in different colors are layered

late Roman glass wine cup