Glass reliquary bottle
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Translucent green.
Thick, everted rim, folded over and in to oval, flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downward; globular body; small bottom with shallow kick and pontil scar.
Engraved decoration on body: on one side, christogram flanked by A (alpha) and W (omega), with crossed leafy fronds below and pair of flying birds (doves ?) holding wreath between them in their beaks; on other side, large wreath surrounding Latin inscription: M / VRSV/LA / F.
Intact; very bubbly; dulling and scratching on exterior, iridescent weathering on interior.
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