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Author Topic: Roman Glass Bottle 1, Authentic or Modern Forgery?  (Read 4828 times)

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Offline Mayadigger

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Roman Glass Bottle 1, Authentic or Modern Forgery?
« on: January 18, 2015, 06:08:03 pm »
Ave!

I know absolutely nothing concerning Roman glass...other than it's pretty. But, like most of us, I'm always doubtful when it comes to items like these.

The bottle is 125mm x 50mm x 3mm (on the lip of the bottle) and weighs only 73.4gm = very thin throughout.

The concretions seem firm enough for such a relic, punt on the base and the iridescence one should expect.

I'd very much like to learn that this is authentic but no harm if it's not, you know?

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Re: Roman Glass Bottle 1, Authentic or Modern Forgery?
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2015, 07:56:08 pm »
I'm far frrom expert on Roman glass, but the oxidized surfaces seem to say it is authentic....unless fakers have figured out how to that, too.
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Re: Roman Glass Bottle 1, Authentic or Modern Forgery?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2015, 02:12:41 am »
IMO it is authenic...
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Re: Roman Glass Bottle 1, Authentic or Modern Forgery?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2015, 02:01:42 pm »
Fakers have figured out how to create oxidized surfaces on glass, but this one looks OK to me.
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Re: Roman Glass Bottle 1, Authentic or Modern Forgery?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2015, 08:58:29 am »
Yes, in the Middle East almost all faked glass has a "patina" and some are quite good.

I don't know enough to offer opinions on either of these recently posted by Kevin.

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Re: Roman Glass Bottle 1, Authentic or Modern Forgery?
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2015, 09:57:33 am »
Hello!

I'm a modest glass collector and not a top class specialist but to me both the red and the green artefacts look immediately fake.

This white deposit ont he red is typical of fakes, as there is no coherence between form, molded decor and marbled glass, the deposit and the very fresh aspect of the glass, and the fact that this opaque red glass is shiny.

The deposit ont he gree looks absolutely not ok, as the transparency, color in transparency and aspect of the glass.

I'm not even speaking of forms, because even they look like nothing, I'm the first to think sometime we can find special unreferred forms, that was my case, but here out of the form nothing looks ok... :(

You can maybe ask an advice from Bron Lipkin http://www.collector-antiquities.com/home.html he will give same advice I think (I would be happy for you to be wrong)

 

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