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1884.37.25

Samian ware pottery bowl with impressed decoration on outer surface. [SM (Verve) 25/2/2016]

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1884.37.25

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Collection type
Object
Description
Samian ware pottery bowl with impressed decoration on outer surface. [SM (Verve) 25/2/2016]
Long description
Samian ware pottery bowl with small rim with curved outer edge. The vessel has a band of moulded decoration on the outer surface including circular, floral and wavy or thunderbolt-ike designs. It has a band of concentric U shapes running around the top of the moulded decoration. The vessel has been covered in a matt orange colour slip. [SM (Verve) 25/2/2016]
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
Alsace Strasbourg
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Gallo Roman
Date collected
By 1879 July 2
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Clay, Process Moulded, Process Thrown, Process Slipped, Process Fire-Hardened
Dimensions
Diameter: max 160 mm, Height: max 83 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.37.25 Other numbers: 55 PR no.: 118/ 9680
Research and responses

This item matches an object listed for sale in a Sotheby catalogue of a sale on 1-2 July 1879, at which Pitt-Rivers is known to have purchased material from Jordan Hill, Dorset. The entry reads: Terra Cotta Vases / 55. A large Gallo-Roman Cup, with bas-reliefs on the outside representing various ornaments, modelled red ware; found in the neighbourhood of Strasburg." The sale number (55) is written on the object. [Dan Hicks 08/07/2013]

Associated publications
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge 1879. Catalogue of Antiquities and Works of Art including the collection of the Baron Heath...and the Museum of Romano-British pottery and Roman personal ornaments formed by the late Mr James Medhurst of Worthing and Weymouth; comprising vessels in terra-cotta, bronze figures &c., cinerary urns, early Roman implements, beads, Roman coins...(1-2 July 1879). London: Dryden Press (Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge). Item 55 (page 4). I have placed a copy of this catalogue on file in the RDF for 1884.2.1 [Dan Hicks 08/07/2013]

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