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There are 54 objects for which Condition contains → design
14.9.11 Small surface scratches. Paint is wearing off of both sides but the design is still distinguishable. Small piece on the corner has been repaired.
14.9.49 Surface chips have taken away some paint and the part that has suffered most has the main design. Hardly any deposits apart from some dusty parts on the fractured edges.
14.9.57 About half lid preserved. Some surface damage to the exterior surface. Chips to rim and to handle. Paint worn on areas of the design.
14.9.84 Small flakes of paint worn from underside. Not at all a clean break. The colour and design on front remains in good condition.
14.9.86 Rim, handle and part of body of kylix remain. Design is clear and glaze remains on inside and out.
2008.9.14 Fragment, design is worn, figure-eight marks remain only partially.
2008.9.15 Fragment, design on interior and exterior chipped.
22.3.39 Design remains clear and lustre remains. Some discolouring of white paint.
23.4.1 Handles and foot have been restored and repainted - modern. Incomplete as part of foot / base is missing. Paint chipped around rim and beginning to wear off on main design, especially on side B.
25.8.1 Much repaired and restored and some re-painting at joins. Surface is very soft and dusty. Paint is nearly compleetly worn off from mouth and foot. Design is still distinguishable.
25.8.4 Difficult to see main design due to erosion of paint but intact despite small chip in body.
25.9.4 Black paint has worn on base and mouth. Main design remains clear. Colour varies on back from pink to cream.
26.12.12 Soft material, prone to crumbling and surface is dusty. Design is still clear although paint has begun to flake away.
26.12.15 Repaired from many fragments and joins have been painted. Design on the outer surface remains clear and the glaze is still shiny.
26.12.18 Restored in two places at rim. Paint worn from handles. Design on the outer surface remains clear. Band on base worn badly. 7 drill holes in bottom of foot (taken by conservator Fred 214 for researcher)
26.12.19 Mouth and upper part of neck missing. Foot badly damaged making pot stand unevenly. Chips to shoulder. Colours on main design are worn and the black stem ahs faded to red.
26.12.25 Intact. Design on top surface remains clear. Paint on spout, handle and base is worn.
26.7.4 Intact. Chip to body. Design remains clear and the colours have not eroded.
26.7.6 Two parts of mouth missing. Design still clear. Some flakes from body.
26.8.3 Mouth rejoined. One side of design has worn worse than the other.
28.6.1 Intact. Crack around the base of the neck. Small chips of paint from lip and mouth and handle. Main design is clear and the glaze remains.
29.11.1 Clay has chipped away at the side at the base of design, leaving a rough surface and a section of exposed clay. Paint is slighlty chipped around the mouth rim and the base.
34.10.13 Intact. Small chips on rim and foot. Design remains clear. Small chips to paint around mouth. Body beneath handle is red in places, with small amount of white deposit.
34.10.3 Repaired mouth with some parts missing. Design still clear to distinguish.
34.8.4 Intact. On back, below handle, the cream ground surface has cracked away almost entirely leaving the surface rough. Part of black main design has been worn but enough remains to distinguish pattern. Deposits inside mouth.
34.8.5 Neck and handle have been reattached. Deposits inside the mouth. Decorative paint worn on the design. Small chip to the base.
34.8.6 Mouth has been repaired. Paint worn on mouth and handle. Deposits on base. Main zone design remains colourful but faded in parts.
35.4.1 Complete but repaired and restored with plaster. Design remains very clear.
37.11.3 Chips to mouth. Some erosion of paint on the quatrefoil design. Intact.
37.7.2 Intact but base of handle coming away slightly from the shoulder. Good condition design of siren and clearly incised lines. Some areas of red on handle ande below, possibly where darker paint has worn away. Some chips to underside of the mouth.
37.7.5 Complete but repaired in both sides. White, chalky deposits around handles. Paint slightly chipped on rim, handles, and exterior. Design remains clear and colourful although side A is clearer and in slightly better condition than side B.
39.9.6 Lid missing. Badly worn design on shoulder. Large chips to handles, hole in mouth and large chips to base.
44.1.1 Intact (tiny bits have chipped off from the rim). There is large loss of paint on the whole of the vessel (parts of the top surface, as well as the greater part of the lion design is lost, as paint has worn away).
45.10.11 Comprised of several rejoined fragments. Only two small sections of rim remain, traces of handle positioning and small protrusion of stem. Nearly all of the main design remains but the lower part of the figure is lost.
45.10.5 Comprised of nine rejoined fragments and nine loose fragments, one of which shows the head and shoulders of a youth, badly damaged in fire. Five pieces were badly damaged when it was found in 1979 - more detailed in Ure inventory. Underside has been repainted. Exterior surface design is in remarkably good condition considering the damage done to the interior surface. Stem remains but the foot is completely missing.
45.6.13 Intact, but badly worn on the surface so that the design is crude and lacking detail. Black paint at neck, mouth and towards base has almost completely worn away. 'Chunks' of clay missing in three or four places on body.
45.6.17 Complete but repaired at mouth and neck. Paint worn on shoulder, front, and foot. Surface has chipped off of some of the design, leaving the surface rough.
45.6.22 Knob missing. Good condition design although the white has rubbed off substantially. Some chips to rim and underside lip.
45.6.25 Large chip to topside of rim. Deposits on underside. Paint worn on top design.
45.6.72 Design on face has been much rubbed off. Incomplete and repaired with eight segments missing. Handle and body repaired.
46.9.1 Intact. Gloss has lustre and white design is undamaged. Small chips on body and top of the rim. Black gloss flaked off handle.
47.2.23 Intact. White deposit on rim, paint worn in places. Design still very clear.
47.2.8 Rim and side of bowl comprised of three rejoined pieces, although lustre and stamped design remain clear. White deposition on the ring foot. Gloss flaked off from part of the rim and the body. Gloss is not lustrous.
49.1.2 Intact, with only slight chips on the base. The design remains very clear and the glaze is shiny and complete. Only the white paint has suffered a little. There are deposits inside the rim.
50.12.47 Fragment; design worn.
50.5.1 Badly fired leaving traces of red, especialy around lower body. Intact despite dents and scratches to body and handle. Only traces of the white design remain. Major grey/white deposit build up on base and interior. Gloss is quite lustrous.
51.4.10 Intact. Colours and design remains clear. Glaze remains shiny. Very good condition. Small chips on the lower part of the body and the rim. Glaze thinly applied on the eyes on side B and clay can be seen underneath.
51.7.10 Lid appears to be missing. Deposits inside and out, partly obscuring design. Base is intact.
78.12.3 Intact, slight chipping around the nozzle obscuring one of the volutes, the other is very faded as is the moulded design. very small amount of grey deposit. Unglazed.
78.7.1 Intact. Side A is badly faded and design has become unclear. Deposits around reserved band at foot. Some scratching to paintwork.
91.12.1 Good condition except grey soil deposits on bottom, and slight erosion of design incised design.
REDMG:1953.25.106 Colours remain vibrant and in blocks. The design has remained clear. The drawing of the animal has worn a little but is still visible.
REDMG:1953.25.85 Sculpture is not worn so design can still be seen. Many inclusions in clay. Large area of thick deposit on reverse side at top.
RM.87.35.22 The decoration is partly faded, there's two bits missing on the shield's design. Complete but not intact.
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