Tiny Green and Blue Ancient Roman Glass Bottle/ Unguentaria San Jose Mission Pottery with small dings and wear

with small dings and wear and paint loss here and there

Recently papered back on the frame

and porcupine quills popping out everywhere--at an antique shop in Newburyport

each of which he had painstakingly split apart

and certainly with well more than a hundred years on it I have to think it has opened some letters bearing pretty sad news

Tiny Green and Blue Ancient Roman Glass Bottle/ Unguentaria San Jose Mission Pottery with small dings and wearI've developed something on an obsession for ancient Roman glass, the existence and endurance of which feels quite miraculous to me, and I find it fantastically beautiful. And while larger pieces are truly spectacular, a tiny bottle like this is equally thrilling to me, including for the fact that such a small thing with nearly 2000 years on it has found its way to me! I am no expert but I have been trying to look and learn. Based on the form and deep