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The Craft of Athenian Pottery

ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. Wedging (a) 3

2. Wedging (b) 4

3. Kick-wheel with treadle 5

4. Kick-wheel with disk 6

5. Wheel put in motion by assistant turning handle 6

Processes of throwing:

6. Centering ball 7

7. Pressing clay down 7

8. Squeezing clay into cone 7

9. Inserting thumb 7

10. Making cylinder 8

11. Making bowl 8

12. Making jar 8

13. Making bottle 8

14. Turning a vase 10

15. Turned foot 11

16. Foot left as thrown 12

17. Turning marks on outside of vase 13

18. Turning marks on inside of vase 13

19. Finishing marks left in handwork 14

20. Unturned inside of amphora 15

21. Vase thrown in sections 16

22. Sections in place 17

23. Vase after turning 17

24. Wet cellar 18

25. Detail of kylix showing joint 19

26. Detail of amphora showing difference between polished and unpolished surfaces 20

27. Attachment of handles 21

28-33. Athenian vases showing treatment of handles 22, 23, 24

34. Detail of krater showing under part of handle left rough 25

35. Making coils 26

36. Vase poured in a mould 28

37. Inside of moulded vase 29

38. Vase showing joint of two parts of mould 30

39. Open kiln 31

40. Muffle kiln with biscuit ware 32

41. Open kiln showing saggers 33

42. Muffle kiln with glazed ware 34

43. Detail of amphora showing preliminary sketch 37

44. Design on red-figured krater.

(a) Preliminary sketch 38

(b) Completed painting 38

45. Detail of hydria showing dent with mark over black glaze 41

46. Detail of amphora showing dent with clay from other body still adhering 42

47. Unfinished kylix 43

48. Foot of unfinished kylix 43

49. Black-glazed amphora with large red spot on one side 46

Methods of Glazing:

50. Dipping 48

51. Pouring 49

52. Use of the brush 50

53. Spraying 51

54. Hydria showing brush marks 52

55. Detail of psykter showing relief line 53

56. Detail of amphora showing diluted black glaze line (on arm) going over red ochre left in preliminary sketch line 57

57. Inside of krater showing extensive wear 63

Representations of ancient potters fashioning vases:

58. Athenian pottery establishment 64

59. Potter throwing 66

60. Potter throwing 66

61. Potter attaching handles 67

62. Potter incising lines (?) 68

63. Potter joining sections (?) 68

64. Boy finishing a vase 69

65. Potter building a vase 70

Representations of ancient potters decorating vases:

66. Athena and Victories crowning potters at work 71

67. Youth decorating kylix 72

68. Potter glazing kylix 73

69. Potter painting bands on a krater 73

70. Three youths, one painting a krater 74

71. Pottery establishment 75

Representations of ancient potters firing:

72. Potter stoking fire 76

73. Potter stoking fire 76

74-79. Potters regulating draught 77

80. Vases stacked in potter’s kiln 78

Representations of ancient potters: miscellaneous scenes:

81. Youth removing vase from oven with two sticks 79

82. Youth working on vases (?) 79

83. Master potter(?) 80

84. Woman potter(?) 81

85. Client in potter’s shop 82

86. Ship with cargo of pottery 82

Potter’s Implements:

87. Wheel-head 84

88. Tools found at Arezzo 85

89. Stilt 85

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