Object photograph·fol. 18r

Pottery vessels, lamps and figurines in three rows

Three rows of pale clay vessels, lamps and small figures on a dark ground, mounted on an album page — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 18r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

About two dozen pale clay objects are arranged in three rows on a dark background. The top row holds lidded cylindrical vessels with pierced walls and loop handles, with a tall jug at the centre. The middle row mixes jugs, a globular vessel, a footed stand with a domed lid and a few small figures, and the bottom row holds a flat dish with a spout beside jugs with handles and ribbed bodies.

English

Pottery vessels, lamps and figurines in three rows: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 18r.