Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Jug
Jug of red earthenware. Mediaeval form, standing on a flat spreading base with tall baluster-shaped body and spreading rim with pinched spout; prominent throwing rings, especially round the neck; heavy extruded handle with three deeply impressed finger marks at the lower terminal. The exterior coated in a pale buff slip, with a single rough vertical sgraffito mark down each side; the exterior coated in a bright green glaze, the interior with a yellow glaze, the foot unglazed.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34419
Creation/Production
Clive, Bowen
Date: 1999
Acquisition
Purchase, 24/1/2000
Measurements
Height
(cm): 58.6
diam
(cm): 19
Width
(cm): 24
Height
(in): 23
diam
(in): 7
Width
(in): 9
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
slip-decorated
decoration
Applied Art
sgraffito
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
Front Hall, South Balcony : Case A
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