Object photograph·fol. 19r

Terracotta jugs, juglets, bowls and dishes

Three rows of pottery vessels on a dark ground: jugs, juglets, a bowl with a spout, and shallow dishes. — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 19r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

Pottery vessels are arranged in three rows on a dark ground. The top row has about six tall jugs and vases with narrow necks and painted circular bands on their bodies. The middle row holds smaller juglets, a spouted bowl and a few small handled jugs. The bottom row is made up of shallow dishes and small bottle-shaped vessels. The photograph is mounted on a cream album page with a printed decorative border at the left edge.

English

Terracotta jugs, juglets, bowls and dishes: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 19r.