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Translation of description in French accompanying glass flask in the COLLECTION OF THE DUKES D'ARENBERG.
March 1953.

GALLO-ROMAN GLASS FLASK.
BOTTLE in the form of a flat sphere with a long neck supported on a small, circular foot, all in glass, slightly roughened; the two faces of the bottle are ornated by glass threads, in relief.  It is approximately 7-7/8" high (200 millimeters).

This precious vase - tear bottle perhaps? - was found in 1834, in one of the large tombs situated between the farm of Bouveroy and the village of Steinbach (Ardennes). In addition to this vase, a silver bracelet broken into many pieces, was found in the same tomb, as well as a small piece ofjewelry in filigreed gold, in low relief, decorated with mountings - some of which still contain blue and brown semi-precious stones.

Joined to these objects is another find, (from a tomb below the village of Boeur, at the time of the construction of the Meuse-Moselle canal.  It is a commemorative plaque in gold, very thin, in the form of a bracteate, in which a head, bearded apparently, is crudely represented.  It is flanked by two small crosses and the completely spelled out inscription ANTONI HUC HUMATUS (incorrect Latin for ANTHONY BURIED HERE). This curious piece, going back to the Mérovingienne epoch (fifth to eighth Century) is described in Volume I, page 109 of the Revue de la numismatique Belge.)
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Price of the bottle alone - Four Hundred Dollars.

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