A Blown Glass Test Tube
LIKELY ANCIENT BUT OF UNKNOWN AGE
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Embossed with segmented vines which intersect to form and surround symbology including crosses and runes, filled with a viscous black substance, with cork stopper.
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Dark dried substance to lip, roughness to glass around lip, replaced cork intact.
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Originally part of the Imperial Russian collection, prior to 1917; sold to Mr. George K. Bell, London, in 1921; by descent to his great-grandson.
Lot 19
A Blown Glass Test Tube