Infundibulum

Museum number:
8-1685
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Reddish infundibulum. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 9.7 cm; height: to top of handle, 12 cm; diameter: 11 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 13). Red impasto. Clay reddish with many impurities; dull brick-red to dark brown surface. Concave neck, rounded body on flat bottom; high vertical handle, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb D, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb D
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1896
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Infundibula and Pitchers (vessels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Infundibulum, accession number 8-1685, described as Reddish infundibulum. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 9.7 cm; height: to top of handle, 12 cm; diameter: 11 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 13). Red impasto. Clay reddish with many impurities; dull brick-red to dark brown surface. Concave neck, rounded body on flat bottom; high vertical handle, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Infundibulum, accession number 8-1685, described as Reddish infundibulum. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 9.7 cm; height: to top of handle, 12 cm; diameter: 11 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 13). Red impasto. Clay reddish with many impurities; dull brick-red to dark brown surface. Concave neck, rounded body on flat bottom; high vertical handle, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Infundibulum, accession number 8-1685, described as Reddish infundibulum. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 9.7 cm; height: to top of handle, 12 cm; diameter: 11 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 13). Red impasto. Clay reddish with many impurities; dull brick-red to dark brown surface. Concave neck, rounded body on flat bottom; high vertical handle, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Infundibulum, accession number 8-1685, described as Reddish infundibulum. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 9.7 cm; height: to top of handle, 12 cm; diameter: 11 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 13). Red impasto. Clay reddish with many impurities; dull brick-red to dark brown surface. Concave neck, rounded body on flat bottom; high vertical handle, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Infundibulum, accession number 8-1685, described as Reddish infundibulum. Description from Matteucig (1951): Pitcher; height: 9.7 cm; height: to top of handle, 12 cm; diameter: 11 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 13). Red impasto. Clay reddish with many impurities; dull brick-red to dark brown surface. Concave neck, rounded body on flat bottom; high vertical handle, round on top, flattening out at point of contact with shoulder.

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