Drinking Vessel card

Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum

Drinking Vessel

6th Century BC
56.5.110

Currently not on display

World Museum

Information

Kantharos on flaring conical base, with sharply carinated shoulder, flaring body, thin rim, two high-flung band-handles. Surfaces lightly polished, smooth except for a few hasty incised lines on the sharp edge of the shoulder. Fabric typical fine bucchero, black throughout, with small particles of white grit and mica. Slightly chipped.

Specifications

Accession number
56.5.110
Collection type
Container
Culture
Etruscan
Date made
6th Century BC
Collector
E Timperley
Date collected
1956 before
Materials
Pottery
Measurements
Overall: 125 mm x 115 mm
Credit line
Gift of E. Timperley
Legal status
Permanent collection
Provenance
Edward Timperley, Donor, Donation, Owned until: 1956
Location
Item not currently on display
Publications
Catalogue of Etruscan Objects in World Museum, Liverpool, Jean MacIntosh Turfa, …