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There are 83 objects for which Condition contains → gloss
14.9.106 Gloss worn and flaked, especially around rim. Small chip on foot. Gloss is not lustrous.
14.9.107 Rim is chipped away, as is foot, so that object stands unevenly. Gloss worn and scratched on the interior and exterior. It retains lustre.
14.9.109 Part of the body and the rim mended from a rejoining fragment. Part of one handle and two parts of rim missing. Lustre remains. White deposits around the stem. Chips to the rim. Parts of the gloss scratched off the remaining handle. The gloss on the interior is not lustrous. On the larger part of the interior thinly applied and fired red. More shiny on the stem and the underside of the foot. Noted in pencil: 'BM' and '26'
14.9.110A Very fragmentary. Part of the body, rim and one handle preserved, pieced together from fragments. Chips around the rim and the body Gloss worn on handle. On the interior gloss is not lustrous, on the exterior is still shiny.
22.3.13 Single fragment. Soiling on black gloss
22.9.7 Intact. Flaking Gloss on mouth, shoulder, body. Black paint nisfired reddish-brownish. Chips around the mouth and the ring of the foot. White deposits on the junction of the body and the foot at one side.
22.9.8 Intact. In good condition, surface shows little sign of wear except tiny cracks in gloss, and a scratch on the horses back, near hind. Small areas of white deposit on back right horses leg/tail, neck and front right leg and top of riders head.
25.8.5 Complete but made up of seven seperate pices stuck back together. The handle has several chips, on the middle and lower tiers. The tip of the highest tier has also been chipped, and all over the handle, the gloss shows evidence of wear, with tiny cracks and scratches. The top of the lid shows a few small flakes and chips, mainly on the decoration, and eratically over the surface, there is brown/grey deposit. The inside of the lid is reserved but still shows patches of dirt and a small amount of grey/white deposit around the rim.
26.12.24A-B The flat surface of the knob on the lid has a white deposit on it, which can also be found at the base of the stem, and around one side of the rim. Small cracks in the glaze are evident around the the base of the stem, and small scratches are clear around the surface of the rim. The very edge of the rim has some small chips in it. On the inside of the lid, there is one deep scratch, and a hole, as well as more of the same white deposit. The rim and inside of the main body has got more deposit on it, but this is a brighter white. The gloss also shows signs of wear with scratches and flakes in the surface. Near one handle, there is a chip on the rim. One handle is covered in a yellowish/white deposit. More pale white deposit can be found on the foot and on the black band above it. There are several small scratches and chips in the base of the foot.
26.12.9 Complete and intact. Very small chip on base. Black has faded to reddish brown colour. Paint and gloss worn of on some areas of the body.
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.
29.11.2 Intact. Paint slightly worn in places but overall in very good condition. Bad quality of gloss fired brownish. Gloss applied thinly on the exterior of the mouth and the handle.
29.11.5 Incomplete and repaired in many pieces. Paint remains clear although the gloss inside has worn away.
33.4.1 Complete, but not intact. One handle and part of rim restored. Stuck back together from six/seven pieces. Decoration around rim and handles is worn in patches, with small chips in the surface. Small gaps where the pieces have been rejoined. A few scratches are evident in surface of main zone. Top of stem is rough to touch. Resting edge of foot has chips in it, inside the foot has some sandy deposit and a crack across the centre. Inside the body, the gloss looks silvery, with small scratches on it.
34.10.11 Spout, handle, lid and body intact. Slight wearing of gloss around base and spout.
35.5.34A-Q The decoration and pattern on all are in good condition and still very visible. The smaller parts are a bit more worn and the black gloss of fragment (e) is patchy in places.
37.11.5 Handle has been repaired; rim chipped; Gloss flaked off at places on the body, handles and the resting surface; small crack in centre of underside. Intact but assembled from 2 pieces. One handle, part of rim and body assembled.
45.10.1 Spout has been rejoined, and rim has been chipped. Gloss has faded from red decoration.
45.3.1 Good condition. Scratches on the body. Small chips on the body. Gloss flaking off the rosettes and the body of the animals.
45.6.16 Black gloss is still shiny at parts. Large flakes of clay have come away from the lower part of the body. Paint flaked off on mouth, handle, on a large part of the body decoration, shoulder and foot.
45.6.26 Complete and intact, except for a large chip 2.8cm out of base. Interior worn in the centre, scratches around interior and exterior, edge of rim worn. Body patches of white deposit. Gloss of quite good quality that has however lost its brightness.
45.6.34 Perhaps repaired handle? Gloss is not shiny and s fired red and light brown on parts of the body. Small scratches on the body and the handle.
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.
47.2.1 Most of vertical handle missing. White deposits on handle, where broken, and on interior. Gloss remains lustrous on the exterior but it is worn and rough on the interior. Small chip on the horizontal handle, scratches on the body.
47.2.11 Gloss of quite good quality, but at places it has lost its lustre; some gloss chipped off of rim and base.
47.2.13 Intact. Gloss chipped away, scratches near base and interior, chips on lower exterior.
47.2.3 Glaze chipped at rim and worn in patches, especially in interior of bowl. Small chips on the exterior of the body. Scratches around the body. Gloss is not lustrous.
47.2.4 Part of the rim and upper body has been chipped off. The one of the handles has been rejoined to the body and so is the one of the two springs of the other handle. The rest of the second handle is missing. The gloss is greenish and streaky at some areas. There are deposits, especially on the area above the foot and on the base. Some remains of adhesives? at the one handle.
47.2.6 Intact and mended from 6 fragments. Small part of the ring of the base is broken off. Small chips on rim. Glaze worn off at a spot on the interior. Gloss is not lustrous especially on the interior and the lower part of the body of the exterior. Deposits on the underside of the foot.
47.2.7 Mended from a number of joining fragments. Small parts filled in with plaster (especially on left side. Gloss flaked off on part of the handle,rim and body. It is not lustrous. Towards the foot, thinly applied gloss that leaves parts of the clay to be seen.
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.
47.7.1 Rivetted and mended with black sealing wax (according to P.N. Ure). Some gloss worn off handles. Small chips to rim and to foot ring. Gloss worn on handles. Scratches on the body.
47.7.2 Almost intact apart from a chip to the mouth; slightly chips on the surface, and worn on the top of the handle and the mouth. Animals remain clear and the gloss is shiny apart from around base which is a little streaky.
48.11.8 Complete and intact. Chip in rim and centre of body. Black gloss worn in places.
48.12.1 Intact but gloss very badly worn inside and out. Air bubble type holes, perhaps from firing.
48.12.10 Mouth missing. Some flakes of paint from body have left a rough surface. Part of the white paint flaked off. Gloss is silvered on the lower part of the body. A small chip on shoulder. Gloss flaked off the handle and part of the decoration on the body.
48.12.7 Some patches of glaze worn off. Small chip to rim. Deposits to underside and lower part of the body. Gloss is not lustrous. Chips on the body and part of the gloss worn.
48.5.2 Major repair work done on one side and to neck consisting of nine pieces. Large chip to foot. Small chips to body. On most part of the figure decoration, handles, foot and mouth, black is fired to brownish. The gloss has flaked off from part of the figures, mouth and neck. White deposits around the mouth.
49.8.1 Intact but very small chips along the rim and body of mug. Small areas of paint chipped and deposit areas can also be found on the body as well as the base of the rim. Gloss is not lustrous. At parts on the body, gloss fired brown.
49.8.12 Paint has worn badly on the mouth and the handle. The paint on the body remains clear depite the original mistakes by the decorator. Chip on the base, smaller around the rim. Depositions around the stem. Gloss applied carelessly on the exterior of the mouth.
49.8.2 Almost intact (only one bit has been pitched off). The gloss has lost its lustre but yellow and white remain clear. Small dark deposits on underside.
49.8.8 Intact. Small chip on the neck. Gloss is shiny and picture remains clear. On the back side of the body, gloss is faded. Paint worn on handle and under mouth rim. White paint has faded. white deposits on the top of the foot. Colour remains clear.
50.10.5 Intact. White deposits on base and underside of body, rim. Some paint chipped from rim, handles, interior of the body. On the exterior, gloss remains lustrous at parts, but on the interior is worn.
50.4.10 Broken across bowl in transit from Leicester, and repaired. Gloss remains shiny and silvery. Bowl assembled form 2 fragments. On the exterior, it is not at parts lustrous, while at parts it is fired to dark brown.
50.4.12 Gloss somewhat worn on one side of rim and handles; resting surface, rim, handles chipped. Glaze is not lustrous, On the exterior towards the foot fired to brownish
50.4.14 Comprised of several rejoined pieces. Gloss is in excellent condition, although the two chips out of the rim appear to have been repainted after repair. Small chips around the ring foot.
50.4.16 Comprised of two pieces, rejoined at stem; missing a large chip from the top of the foot. Gloss eroded on rim, top of stem, and foot, but retains lustre.
50.4.19 Comprised of rejoined pieces (check?). Gloss has lost some lustre; small chip to rim.
50.4.3 Intact. Gloss worn. Rim, body and underside have white soil deposits. Small hole on the outside of the body. Rim of base chipped. Inside of bowl has brown soil deposits and gloss eroded.
50.4.5 Intact. Pattern badly worn away. Chip to rim at front and a few to base. Part of the decoration fired brownish. White deposits covering the entire underside of the foot. Gloss worn at aprts on the neck. Small chips and scratches on the body.
50.4.6 Mended from a number of joining fragments. Small fragment from the body is missing. Gloss is quite lustrous on the exterior, but rough and worn on the interior and the underside of the foot. Chips around the rim and the body. Deposits on the underside.
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.
51.1.3 Chips on both the exterior and the interior of the rim. Chips on the body. Cracks are apparent on the body of the krater and two large fragments on the body have been filled in. The gloss is not lustrous and was flaked off the rim, on the top of one of the handles and part of the body and the foot.
51.7.1 Almost perfect condition except for slight discolouration of black gloss towards foot and a few tiny chips all over the vessel.
51.7.14 Black retains gloss but surface is worn, with white adhesions. Single chip on the underside of the mouth.
51.7.16 Comprised of many rejoined fragments, with restorations (large patches on side B and 3/4 of the foot is modern, as is the stem joining it to the base). A long crack extends through the rim and neck at the back. Chips on the handles and the rim. Gloss worn on rim, handles and foot. The gloss on parts of the figure decoration is mirroring.
51.7.8 Intact. Gloss is in very good condition, shiny, with slight scratches on rim, neck and body. Surface of underside somewhat eroded, with white deposits.
53.8.1 Complete but slightly chipped on the rim. There is a crack around the base of the omphalos. The relief decoration and gloss are worn.
55.1.1 Some of foot and rim chipped off; gloss worn, especially on handle and rim.
56.8.3 Large chip on the rim. Glaze flaked off at parts of the interior, on the handles and the rim. Gloss is not lustrous and it is not well applied on the lower part of the body.
56.8.5 Piece broken off rim and one or two chips from edge. Small chip on the top of the knob. Decoration is excellent condition. Handle appears to have been reattached. Browny-black deposit (?) in rough circle on underside beneath knob handle. Gloss of good quality, still lustrous.
56.8.8 The vase is reconstructed from many fragments. Bits have peeled and pitted off, and there are a few gouges. Gloss is lustreless, parts flaked off on the interior, handles, foot. At parts of the rim and the handles fired brownish.
60.8.1 Intact. One of the handles broken off and restored. Small chip under this handle. Bad quality gloss that is not lustrous. Thinly applied on the exterior of the body and the foot ring. Deposits on the rim, handles and the underside of the foot
70.3.1 Mouth and neck have been repaired. Large chip to foot. Chips to mouh and lower part of the body. Scratches on the body. Thinly applied gloss on the handle and the lower part of the bodt misfired brown. White deposit built up around foot and on its underside.
71.12.1 Complete. Generally good condition. White deposits on the underide, mouth and handle. The gloss flaking on the interior of the mouth, handle and foot. Scratches on the body.
73.6.4 Single fragment. The surface reveals few, tiny scratches, but does have a big flake missing on the palmette. There is also some deposit of a grey/brown colour. The inside gloss shows some scratches that run with the grain of the material, as well as some small flakes missing.
74.7.3 Small chip on rim, where gloss is worn; Good quality black gloss; Gloss flaked off rim and around the ring of the foot; white deposits on inside and on handle. Red misfired line around the ring of the foot probably caused during the firing in the kiln.
83.9.33 Fragment; the side with the floral pattern is slightly worn; black gloss is in good condition.
83.9.34 Fragment; worn, with some gloss chipped off; Ssme small, white deposits.
83.9.35 Fragment; black gloss chipped on both sides.
83.9.36 Fragment; a few small chips on black gloss. Terracotta has fired grey (through burning).
83.9.6 Single fragment. The reserved areas on the base of the foot are chipped. The black gloss from the interior is flaking around the edges.
REDMG:1935.87.11 Large chip missing from rim on one edge. Some gloss worn inside the cup where portions have flaked.
REDMG:1935.87.26 Gloss worn; Chips on rim and base.
REDMG:1935.87.28 Repaired but still missing some sections. Gloss remains shiny inside. Decoration is worn in small areas inside and outside at rim.
REDMG:1953.25.21 Comprised of several rejoined pieces, missing a large part of the right side. Gloss worn; chipped foot; buff deposits on base.
REDMG:1964.1621 Worn gloss; whitish-grey deposits all over.
REDMG:1964.1628 Complete but one handle has been repaired. Much erosion of gloss on outer rim.
REDMG:1964.1650.1A Two fragments comprising the mouth, neck, and handle, as well as the base and foot. Deposits inside. Black gloss worn. Not many chips to body work on the area that remains.
TEMP.2002.9.1 Complete, but worn. There is one small chip on the rim and considerable wear. The handles are intact and one is chipped. The black gloss has faded in parts.
TEMP.2003.6.8 Seven fragments that belong to the same vessel. There is white plaster on both sides of each fragment. b) Adhesives on the exterior. The black gloss has been peeled off at some areas. e) Adhesives, especially on the external left side of the fragment. f) Small bits have been pitted off, and a shallow scratch on the lowest part of the body and a cracking on the central part of the resting surface. g) Looks like it has been flaked off from the vessel.
TEMP.2003.7.51 Fragment has a few tiny patches of white deposits. Gloss on front decoration is flaking.
TEMP.2003.7.64 Scratches on rim. Black gloss and white paint very worn. Chipped patch where handle would have been, has glue on it. Perhaps the handle was once stuck back on and has been broken off again. Underside of fragment covered in white deposits.
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