Drawings Roman pottery flagon and Peruvian pot
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.131
Artist/Designer/Maker
Gould, Nathaniel - Artist
Production date
Circa 1846
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Pen
Ink
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 178mm
Width: 257mm
Width: 257mm
Inscriptions
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Antient [sic] Roman & Peruvian Pottery
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N. Gould
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1
2
Front View
2 Side View
2
Front View
2 Side View
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No 1 Roman - found at Five King's brook Essex
in excavations for the Eastern Counties Railway in 1843 -
is 6 7/8 inches in height. 13½ Inches Circumference - pale Yellow, & of unbaked Pottery -
No 2 front & Side View - Peruvian - dug up on the Site of Cusco [sic] the Antient Capital
is 7 Inches high - 15 Inches Circumference - is blacked by fire on the Side - is of a brown reddish tinge, & apparently of baked Pottery -
Presented to the Society of Antiquaries by Gould Esqre. F.S.A.
16 May 1846.
in excavations for the Eastern Counties Railway in 1843 -
is 6 7/8 inches in height. 13½ Inches Circumference - pale Yellow, & of unbaked Pottery -
No 2 front & Side View - Peruvian - dug up on the Site of Cusco [sic] the Antient Capital
is 7 Inches high - 15 Inches Circumference - is blacked by fire on the Side - is of a brown reddish tinge, & apparently of baked Pottery -
Presented to the Society of Antiquaries by Gould Esqre. F.S.A.
16 May 1846.
References
Reference (free text)
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1 (1843-1849): 139-40.
Nathaniel Gould exhibited three specimens of ancient pottery to the Society, 14 May 1846.
Reference (free text)
Albert Way, Catalogue of Miscellaneous Collections in the Possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London (unpublished catalogue), no. 1021, p. 130.
