Ure Museum Database



Browse
There are 42 objects for which Decoration contains → greyish-black
2008.7.105 Interior: black wash. Exterior: Greyish-black wash. Very faint traces of a possible horizontal stripe overpainted in a darker colour.
2008.7.123 Interior: reddish-brown wash. Exterior: greyish-black wash, fading to a reddish-brown band below the rim.
2008.7.128 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: greyish-black wash. 7 thin non-parallel vertical lines scratched into surface from rim to half-way down fragment.
2008.7.129 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: greyish-black wash. 5 narrow, parallel, horizontal ridges accross centre of fragment.
2008.7.136 Exterior: greyish-black wash visible towards bottom of the fragment. Three horizontal, narrowly-spaced parallel lines etched towards upper edge.
2008.7.138 Interior and exterior: traces of greyish-black wash.
2008.7.141 Interior and exterior: traces of greyish-black wash.
2008.7.144 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.145 Interior: cream wash with 4 parallel horizontal lines overpainted in greyish-black creating 2 bands of pattern, one twice the width of the other. The narrower band contains 5 semi-circles, and the narrower a more irregular pattern of intersecting curved and straight lines. Exterior: Cream wash with narrow, evenly-spaced parallel horizontal lines overpainted in greyish-black. Patches of brownish glaze remain.
2008.7.146 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.147 Interior: redish wash. Exterior: greyish-black wash, fairly wide horizontal ridge running accross centre of fragment, with a shorter, narrower ridge diagonal to this.
2008.7.149 Interior: redish wash overpainted with wide horizontal stripes of geyish-black. Shallow ridges. Exterior: greyish-black wash with a reddish-brown wash visible beneath.
2008.7.151 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.153 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: greyish black wash which fades gradually into a brownish colour, and then a reddish colour across fragment.
2008.7.157 Interior: grey-black wash. Exterior: greyish-black wash with a brassy-coloured metallic sheen overpainted. 11 smallish oval shapes in a horizontal line engraved across the middle of the fragment.
2008.7.78 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: Parallel lines overpainted. Thick strip of dark-red colour in middle. One thin stripe of a geyish-black colour either side and one thicker greyish-black stripe either side of these.
2008.7.79 Exterior: Greyish-black wash, semi-circular marks suggesting base fragment.
2008.7.82 Interior: Greyish-black wash. Exterior: Cream wash. Fairly thick parallel horizontal bands towards one end overpainted in Reddish-brown and grey. Below this, the tips of horizontal triangular shapes overpainted in grey forming zig-zag pattern.
2008.7.86 Interior: cream wash with stripe of grey overpainted towards one end. Exterior: Cream wash with two widely-spaced parallel bands overpainted in greyish-black. Traces of another diagonal line of a similar colour and thickness joining these.
2008.7.87 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: cream wash with horizontal parallel lines overpainted in brownish-red. 1 thick and 2 thin lines towards top. Curved pattern overpainted below in same colour.
2008.7.88 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: Traces of cream wash with thin vertical light grey stripes overpainted above and below lip.
2008.7.89 Interior and top of rim: greyish-black wash. Exterior: traces of reddish-brown colour overpainted.
2008.7.91 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.92 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.93 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.94 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.95 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.7.96 Interior and exterior: greyish-black wash.
2008.8.2 Exterior: Greyish-black overpainting depicting 2 standing birds with curved necks. The bird on the right has wings spread and short horizontal lines on the wing and tail suggesting feathers. There is a reddish stripe overpainted across the body and across the tail. The bird on the left is cut off half-way across the body, but the same red body stripe and feather markings are present. Above the birds is a semicircle of thin bulb-shaped parallel vertical lines and around the birds are several circles of varying sizes.
2008.9.12 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: 1 fairly thick, slightly uneven, horizontal line overpainted in black accross centre of fragment, parallel to edges. Diagonally from this, above and below are shorter teardrop-shaped marks - 7 above and 9 below - forming a horizontal band, and greating a stem and leaf-like effect.
2008.9.13 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: wide greyish-black band overpainted, taking up roughly half the exterior. Above this is a narrower parallel strip of unfinished terracotta containing 14 small dots in a horizontal line towards the top if it. And above this, half of another parallel band overpainted in greyish-black is present.
2008.9.14 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: one horizontal line overpainted in brownish-black along longest edge of fragment. Underneath this are 4 solid figure-eight marks, forming a parallel line, overpainted in the same colour.
2008.9.15 Interior: greyish-black wash with a band of unfinished terracotta running parallel to longest edge of fragment. Several narrowly and irregularly spaced parallel horizontal lines overpainted on the wash and unfinished section. Exterior: greyish-black wash overpainted, covering roughly half of exterior of fragment. Next to this is a band of unfinished terracotta bordered above and below by parallel lines overpained in a brownish-red colour.
2008.9.16 Interior: greyish-black streaked wash. Exterior: horizontal line overpainted in greyish-black. Underneath is a semi-circular line with a solid circle attached to its interior and a small diamond-shape underneath this. there is another curved line along the left-hand edge.
2008.9.20 Interior: greyish-black wash fading to a reddish-brown colour, leaving a small section of unfinished terracotta across one corner of fragment. Exterior: greyish-black wash with a narrow band of unfinished terracotta parallel to one edge, with 7 small dots overpainted in the same greayish black colour within it.
2008.9.21 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: several narrow parallel horizontal bands overpainted in a pinkish-red and greyish-brown across fragment, interspersed by a band of unfinished terracotta and another similar band above.
2008.9.24 Interior: greyish-black wash, top of rim overpainted in same greyish-black colour. Exterior: Greyish black wash, interspersed by 2 horizontal bands of unfinished terracotta, the lower band wider than the upper. The lower band has 7 smaller dots overpainted within it.
2008.9.26 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: 3 thin narrowly-spaced lines run parallel to one of the edges of the fragment. The upper of these is overpainted in a greayish-black colour, the 2 lower are a redish-brown. Below these lines are three greyish-black dots interspersed by vertical thick greyish black and thinner redish-brown lines.
2008.9.27 Interior: greyish-black wash. Exterior: 2 curved narrow parralel lines run along one edge of fragment, the upper overpainted in greyish-black and the lower in brown. Below these are 3 solid crescent shapes overpainted in greyish-black.
2008.9.28 Interior: greyish-black wash covers half of the interior, the other half is left unfinished. Exterior: A wide pinkish-red strip is overpainted across the centre of the exterior. Above this is the remains of a parallel greyish-black line with 4 greyish black vertical lines attached to it. Below are 2 unfinshed circles, bordered by a greyish-black outline.
22.3.4 Glaze fired partly to red and partly to greyish-black. Inside is reserved. Two high, curved handles black on top and reserved below. Under handles are crosses between pairs of vertical lines. On each side are four palmettes standing on four larger, inverted palmettes all joined with a chian and half a palmette at each end. In some areas are groups of very short incised vertical grooves. Below pattern are three bands and then black (faded to red) to foot and including top and side of foot. Resting surface is reserved as is base.
45.6.38 Slightly iridescent greyish-black glaze. Lip imprinted with horseshoe shapes (24 on the lip and 5 in the centre). The foot is flat underneath, heavily ruddled, except for a small hollow cone at centre, which is black.
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH