The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class — John Shaqi
The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
Fig. 21 has the reticulated lines produced by indentations from twisted
thongs. Fig. 22 is a remarkably fine example. Around its upper portion
are encircling lines, between which is the usual zig-zag ornament.
Around the central band, too, are encircling lines, between which are
a series of vertical zig-zag lines. The whole of the ornamentation has
been produced by twisted thongs; some, however, being of tighter twist
than others. Inside, the rim is ornamented by encircling and diagonal
lines. It has on its central band four projecting handles or loops,
which are pierced. Nine other looped examples, from Cornwall, are shown
on Figs. 5, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, and 35;[4] along with other
examples from the same county. Figs. 18 and 20 are two “Immolation
Urns,” found along with, or in, Figs. 19 and 21. Fig. 38 shows a kind
of ear or handle on the side of another vessel.
[Illustration: Fig. 45.--Monsal Dale.]
[Illustration: Fig. 46.--Grindlow.]
[Illustration: Fig. 47.--Elk Low.]
The _Drinking Cups_ are usually of tall form, globular in the
lower half, contracted in the middle, and expanding at the mouth.
In ornamentation they are more elaborate than the cinerary urns,
many of them, in fact, being covered over their entire surface with
impressed or incised patterns, frequently of considerable delicacy in
manipulation, and always of a finer and higher quality than those of
the other descriptions of pottery. Figs. 39 to 48 will show some of the
varieties both of form and style of decoration. Instances have been
known in which a kind of incrustation has been very perceptible on
the inner surface, thus showing that their use as vessels for holding
liquor is certain; the incrustation being produced by the gradual
drying up of the liquid with which they had been filled when placed
with the dead body.
[Illustration: Fig. 48.--Elk Low.]
[Illustration: Fig. 49.--Hitter Hill.]
[Illustration: Fig. 50.--Hitter Hill.]
[Illustration: Fig. 51.--Trentham.]
Fig. 47, which, however, may perhaps be a food vessel, has the unusual
feature of being ornamented on the bottom quite as elaborately as
around its sides. The bottom is shown on Fig. 48. The whole of the
ornamentation has been produced by the indentation of twisted thongs
into the pliant clay.
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