Corinth Object: C 1937 1990
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1990
Title:   ARCHAIC MAIOLICA PITCHER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1990
Description:   Pitcher with flaring low disk foot, spherical body, flaring neck, vertical rim, trefoil mouth (missing), squared lip changing in rounded lip inside. Vertical strap handle attached to rim and middle body.
Decoration:   Glaze over all except for half undersurface. Blue painted decoration below spout: oval with double outline and horizontal stripes inside, wavy lines at each side.
Material:   Fine pale brown clay with few spherical rounded gray inclusions and rare angular platy voids.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete profile. Numerous joining frgts., preserving all of foot and body, almost all of handle and neck, small part of rim and lip. Glaze well preserved.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.569
Weight:   0.569
Period:   Post-Medieval
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB172 P43
Provenance:   Central or Northen Italy
Bibliography:   Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 937
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum north central
Image: bw 4512
Basket: NB172 P43
Notebook Page: NB 172, spread 32 (pp. 42 - 43)