Jug

Museum number:
8-1724
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb E, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb E
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Jugs (vessels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 8-1724, described as Dark gray jug. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 8.8 cm; height, to top of handle: 12.5 cm; diameter: 9.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with sandy particles; polished dark gray to light brown surface. Concave neck; narrow projecting shoulder; curving sides on flat base. Vertical handles, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder. On neck, remains of laminated decoration which consisted of a zigzag between two parallels. Part of lip chipped off; small hole on body and on bottom.

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