1st-3rd century CE
Candlestick unguentarium; flat base, conical body, slight constriction before straight neck (diam. 1.1 cm), rolled lip. Intact; light blue iridescence on neck, dirt accretions on interior, with grooves probably due to weathering along the lip and neck. Classification: Isings form 82A(1)
H. 9.8 x Rim diam. 1.9 x W. 3 cm (3 7/8 x 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Silver
17th-19th centuryFrenchTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekMonochrome glazed porcelain, "peach bloom" type; porcelain with rose-colored, copper-red glaze suffused with green and buff mottles; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the base with a brush-written inscription reading 'Te'
12th-13th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a circle on the base
18th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved
12th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryBritishGrayish fritware covered in white slip, with pierced, incised, and carved design under clear alkali glaze
16th-17th centuryTerracotta
4th century BCESouth Italian