Tumbler

Museum number:
8-1579
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb B, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb B
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
May 1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Tumblers (drinking glasses)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Tumbler, accession number 8-1579, described as Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Tumbler, accession number 8-1579, described as Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Tumbler, accession number 8-1579, described as Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Tumbler, accession number 8-1579, described as Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Tumbler, accession number 8-1579, described as Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Tumbler, accession number 8-1579, described as Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tumbler, accession number 8-1579, described as Unpolished tumbler. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 7.9 cm; diameter: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate V, 14). Brown impasto. Clay light brick red, very impure, with numerous sandy particles; light brown surface, very rough and porous. Protruding thick lip, high curving sides, flat base. Good part of lip chipped off; very heavy, thick walls. Probably one of the few handmade vases in our collection.

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