Identifier: catalogueofsilve00brit (find matches)
Title: Catalogue of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944 Smith, Reginald A. (Reginald Allender), 1873-
Subjects: Silverwork, Ancient Art objects
Publisher: London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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l piece,below which is a pattern of tendrils on either side of a ^ *^ ~ ^ vertical stem, and above in flat scrolls along the rim of the jug with open-work volutes at the base of the handle. Underneath is incised ■>•, , .,- t- ^v Utia T(iti) /(ilia), pondo I. ; cf. the simpuliim No. 128. Plate XVII. Ht. 13 cm. Weight 349-98 grammes = 5400 grains. Well executed and in perfectcondition ; highly polished surface. 127. Bowl. Plain hemispherical form, with foot ; mimldcd rim ; base moulded under-neath. Has had handles attached, the place being marked Iw a pattern of scrollseach side. PLATE XVII. Ht. 5-3 cm. Diam. 13-4 cm. In good condition ; surface highly polished. 128. Simpulum. Deep hemispherical bowl ; flat IiiihUi with llanges which terminateon the rim of the bowl in vertical curved points, and at the top in smaller hooks,between which the handle tapers off into the neck of a swan, its head lying backalong the back of the handle. The swans liead is gilt, and carefully modelled ;
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SILVER TREASURES. 33 round its neck is a ring of beads. On the upper part of the handle is incised in punctured letters: T-^TI-V-F r :• JC-IV, T. Uti(us) U(li) f(iliits) p(ondo) III. sc(ripula) iv ; cf. the oinochoe above. Plate XVII. Ht. 18 cm. Weight 86-05 grammes = 1327-75 grains. In fine condition ; surfacehighly polished. 129. Strainer. Hemispherical form (fiaaro^) ; handle flat, curving outwards with bluntend, and terminating in volutes and scrolls along the rim, which is moulded. Thewhole vessel is perforated in bands of pattern : (i) an intricate double maeanderpattern ; (2) tendril with pairs of ivy-leaves ; (3) intersecting obhque lines formingintersecting triangles with small rosettes in the spaces ; (4) band of spiral scrolls.On the base is a concave-sided square with loops at the angles, containing a quatre-foil interspersed with four dots ; in the spaces between the loops are elaboratepatterns of spirals and volutes. Plate XVII. Ht. 6-25 cm. Diam. 8-4 cm. In good condi

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