Ure Museum Database



Browse
There are 49 objects for which Condition contains → much
14.9.14 Much paint lost on the top surface. Uneven thickness of clay.
14.9.23 The white slip on the underside has darkened. Much wearing of red paint on topside.
16.2.1 Incomplete and repaired. Glaze has lost lustre, and much has eroded, especially over the 'tail' end, leaving greyish-buff colour. A later segment has been added to body to replace a missing piece.
2007.9.3.108 Intact but with much surface wear.
2008.7.36 Fragment. Much of exterior decoration worn away; interior worn as well. "Aegina Aphrodite" handwritten in pencil on interior.
22.3.38 Fragmentary and slightly chipped on the sides, with numerous patches of paint having been chipped off from the exterior. Interior of object is in much better condition.
23.11.10 Nearly one third of the rim and much of the upper body, below it, is broken off; glaze chipped and worn.
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.
26.12.3 Small hole in body has perhaps been filled to repair. Much wear on paint although lion remain clear.
26.12.6 Intact. Much of the paint has eroded leaving traces of the pattern. Small chip to rim.
26.2.39 On underside paint has faded to red in some areas and in others the paint has flaked away. The topside has lost much of its white dots and bands. Small bits arte flaking away as well. Black meander faded to red.
26.2.59 Single fragment, worn down to the original terracotta on much of the interior.
26.4.1A-B Much repair to lid which was in fragments but now almost complete apart from small piece of rim from underside. Paint dull on lid but remains clear on bottom piece. Two feet have been repaired and repainted and small part of lower rim is missing.
26.7.14 Fragment. The gloss on the rim of the fragment is a little worn and the surface on both sides shows small scratches. On the handle, there are a couple of flakes missing, and a small hole, possibly from an air bubble. The gloss on the inside is much more worn, with big flakes missing, with a couple of substantially longer scratches. There is also a yellow/grey deposit all over the inside of the fragment.
28.9.1 Large fragment missing from figured panel, and many also from plain black parts. Much repainting and restoration. At least one handle and the foot are alien. Handles do not make direct join.
29.5.5 Complete but not intact it has been pieced back together. On the inside, there are small scratches on the surface and patches where the glaze has faded to red or even its reserved colour. The glaze has also faded on the handles, and the edge of the rim is chipped. There is evidence of a greyish/white deposit on the inside of the rim. On the outside, the decoration is much more worn and faded, and the surface has small chips and flakes. The resting surface of the foot is chipped and in the centre of the foot has been scratched the letters T and I.
30.4.1 Incomplete. Two missing handles and pieces glued back together. The decoration has faded and shows red instead of black. On the outside especially, much of the decoration has faded or flaked away. Band around the top of the foot very worn. Some small patches of grey deposit on the surface.
34.10.21 Badly cobered with deposits. Top part is missing. Much surface colour lost and detail have eroded away making relief hard to distinguish.
34.10.27 Much colour loss and erosion of relief makes it hard to see. Some small parts have crumbled away at the base. Dark deposits in small amounts all over.
34.8.14 Intact and complete. Much of the glaze remains but in areas where it has rubbed of the green pigment is also missing. The painted detail remains in good condition, the face detail however was not painted and has greatly worn away. It would also seem that the left arm has worn down since the pigment is missing and the arm seems stunted cvompared to its companion. There are several obvious cracks around the feet.
37.11.6 Intact; slight chips on rim and footring; much of the glaze flaked off, especially on the exterior; large amounts of white deposit on interior, handles, and exterior. At alrge parts glaze is not lustrous. On one of the handles, glaze is fired light brown.
45.6.72 Design on face has been much rubbed off. Incomplete and repaired with eight segments missing. Handle and body repaired.
48.12.5 Intact. Much of paint flaked off. Small chip to lip.
50.4.4 Comprised of four fragments, rejoined. Gray adhesions on the surface, much gray and white flaking off from inside and outside. No other traces of colour remain.
51.4.7 Comprised of two fragments joining. Colour and incised detail remain clear. Glaze still a little shiny on interior but not so much on exterior surface.
52.3.4 Comprised of 40 or more pieces, rejoined, with some restroations, but missing handle and lugs on one side. Much repainting on handle, rim, and interior, but animal details are largely original. Complete apart from one of the handles. It has been reconstructed from many pieces and parts are modern fillings.The contours of the black bands inside are fired red. Badly restored.
74.7.5 Complete. Has been glued back together from two pieces. Is entirely covered by dark deposit, possibly from the action of fire. Thought to be from a burnt grave. There is a lot of flaking, revealing white. The features of the face are distinguishable, but are worn in places. The back is much lighter in colour, but still covered in brown/green deposit and feels rough to the touch.
79.1.2 Intact, small section missing from the surface of the lamp on the left hand side causing hairline cracks. White and grey deposits over much of the surface of the interior and the exterior.
E.23.22 Intact, there is a large chip in the lip and several much smaller ones also. The surface is very coarse and covered in shallow scratches. There is also a noticeable chip missing from the foot. There is a deposit in the bottom of the orifice.
E.23.3 Intact, although figures likely from other boat models. The paint on all figures has degraded and does not merit individual description. Detail is missing from the bow and stern of the boat where the wood has degraded so much. There is also fissures in the wood of the deck of the boat.
E.23.52 Intact and complete apart from chip off the corner of the base. Much of the glaze remains but in areas where it has rubbed of the green pigment is also missing.
E.62.42 Single fragment intact and well preserved although it is unclear how much of the original object is preserved.
E.63.12 Intact and complete. Although much of the glaze is gone there is no loss of detail nor any deposit.
E.63.2 Intact and complete, inspite of the fact that the surface remains smooth much of the blue pigment is gone and the artefact is now mostly brown. There is very little loss of the carved details.
E.63.4 Intact and complete. Much of the glaze and colour has rubbed away particularly on the right side of the front. There is also some dark miscolouration at the top of the head-dress. Compared to it's partner the details of the face are much more vague.
E.63.8 Intact, much of the blue glaze survives although what detail may have existed is now rubbed off and only basic detail now survives. There is a small amount of brown deposit on the flat underside.
E.65.12 Intact. Much chipping to edge and colour deterioration of surface but more round the edges than in the centre.
E.65.14 Intact but a fragment, the glaze is gone as has much of the colour, there is an obvious crack near the foot of the fragment and it is clear from both ends of the fragment it has been snapped off.
REDMG:1935.87.7 Intact. Misfired slightly on back of object. Untidy on base. Much white detail remains visible.
REDMG:1951.1718 Surface slightly stained on interior, where much of the surface has eroded away; white deposits around lip on interior and on exterior. There are fingerprints on the base and one side of the vase is lower than the other.
REDMG:1953.25.23 Mouth missing. The surface has flaked away on much of the object, and it is pitted at the back; base and top of foot are chipped.
REDMG:1953.25.36 Light grayish-tan deposits on lip and underside; whitish-grey deposits on neck and shoulder; much of surface has eroded; glaze cracking towards base.
REDMG:1953.25.37 Neck, mouth and handle lost. Surface much damaged where paint has been worn and clay has chipped. Deposits on underside.
REDMG:1964.1628 Complete but one handle has been repaired. Much erosion of gloss on outer rim.
REDMG:1964.1632.1 Comprised of three fragments, rejoined, but missing a large rim fragment to the right of one handle, and much of the opposite side, including handle. Area of dusty light grey deposit on the interior wall; slightly chipped on the base. Reserved areas now coloured grey as a result of secondary burning.
REDMG:1964.1634 incomplete, much of the body and rim missing
REDMG:1964.1675.1 Handle and spout broken off; much of glaze has chipped and eroded; small white paint blotch on shoulder.
REDMG:1964.1718 Surface slightly stained on interior, where much of the surface has eroded away; white deposits around lip on interior and on exterior. There are fingerprints on the base and one side of the vase is lower than the other.
TEMP.2007.3.76 Well preserved but couple of green spots; not much wear on obverse, more on reverse; chips around the edge
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH