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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.75
Shape Saltcellar
Shape_description Incurving rounded rim; interior surface curves smoothly; exterior upper part offset from a lower concave element, curving out at the bottom to flat base, marked by a ridge on the exterior; nipple surrounded by a grooved circle at centre of underside.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Sicilian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 5/4
Decoration Black glaze except reserved resting surface.
Inscriptions
Condition Single small chip on base; surface slightly scratched at rim, with some gray deposits on exterior. Stamped on base, 'Ld A Hill Coll'
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period Late Classical
Date 4 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.93.0084.jpg		Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar.

2003.98.0034.jpg		Side view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar.

2003.98.0035.jpg		Side view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar, showing small chip on the base.

2003.98.0036.jpg		Top view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar, showing the inside.

2003.98.0037.jpg		Bottom view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar, showing the reserved base.

2005.99.0110.jpg		Bottom view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar, showing the reserved base.

2005.99.0111.jpg		Top view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar, showing the inside.

2005.99.0150.jpg		Oblique view, from slightly above, of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar.

2005.99.0151.jpg		Side view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar.

2005.99.0152.jpg		Side view of a Sicilian black-glazed saltcellar.
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Beazley_DB
Height 2.9
Diameters Body 8.1; base 6.0
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Symposium
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Kinsey
Date_edited 08.08.2002; 02.10.2004; 10.01.2006
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