@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 1 month agoGlass perfume bottles in the shape of birds, Roman Empire, 1st century BCE/ADimagemessage-square23arrow-up1284arrow-down14
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minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish15•1 month agoActually, you snap off the tail - it’s a single use item!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoIt feels wasteful and luxurious, but glass is more or less indefinitely recyclable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoAnd we’ll never know what the perfumes smell like because they’ll never be broken
minus-square@RestrictedAccountlinkEnglish5•1 month agoI’m not so sure. You could probably use spectroscopy to figure out what is in there now and then work out what form would have been in way back then.
Actually, you snap off the tail - it’s a single use item!
Oh, what a gorgeous waste that is.
It feels wasteful and luxurious, but glass is more or less indefinitely recyclable.
And we’ll never know what the perfumes smell like because they’ll never be broken
I’m not so sure. You could probably use spectroscopy to figure out what is in there now and then work out what form would have been in way back then.
I’d definitely be curious to know