VesselsRoman
Jug
Description
Large jug; indented base, cylindrical body, straight, broad shoulder (circum. 50.2 cm), constriction before short neck, elaborate double-rolled lip, wide ribbon handle with ribs. Intact; dirt accretions on exterior. Two concentric circle incised tool marks around the exterior of body.
Dimensions
19.7 x 14.2 cm (7 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
Provenance
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).
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