The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . FEMALE HEAD ON JUG IN THE FORM OF A FISH. striking, though the sugar-basins inconveniently outnumber thecups and saucers ; but there are these, as well as milk-jugs, andspoons and ladles, all of the same black ware. It is just such aquaint, clumsy, primitive thing as you could imagine—peculiari-ties of art apart—might have served as a tea-tray in the time ofAlfred, if our sturdy Saxon ancestors could have condescendedto such effeminate potations. Certain strange articles, however,quite upset the tea-tray—unr/uentaria, or perfume-bottles, an
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . FEMALE HEAD ON JUG IN THE FORM OF A FISH. striking, though the sugar-basins inconveniently outnumber thecups and saucers ; but there are these, as well as milk-jugs, andspoons and ladles, all of the same black ware. It is just such aquaint, clumsy, primitive thing as you could imagine—peculiari-ties of art apart—might have served as a tea-tray in the time ofAlfred, if our sturdy Saxon ancestors could have condescendedto such effeminate potations. Certain strange articles, however,quite upset the tea-tray—unr/uentaria, or perfume-bottles, andvases in the shape of cocks, ducks, and other animals. Such apot, for instance, as that shown in the above woodcut, which isin the form of a fish, with a womans head (Case VII.). The purpose these focolari served is matter of dispute. Somethink them intended for the toilet, and the pots and pans for 5 Inghirami opines that these heads of I. p. 17. Gerhard thinks they may haveLarva? were introduced on this pottery to reference to the sacerdotal costume of th
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