Object photograph·fol. 9r

Terracotta bowls, dishes, jugs and cups in a row

Rows of bowls, dishes, jugs and small cups set together on a dark shelf, photographed from the front. — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 9r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

A wide, arched photograph of many vessels arranged across a dark shelf in several rows. Large shallow bowls and dishes stand tilted towards the camera at the back, with narrow-necked jugs and bottles among them. Smaller cups, bowls and small vases fill the front row, with a few rounded stones scattered along the base.

English

Terracotta bowls, dishes, jugs and cups in a row: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 9r.