Lid

Title: Lid
Inventory Number: A0129
Date Acquired: ?1909
Source: ?Magoffin
Provenance: Italy
Description: Lid, probably for small jar, concave below with raised edge encircling convex upper surface from which handle rises; prominent wheel marks on upper surface and on under surface single incised line close to edge and another encircling concavity. Slipped all over.
State of Preservation: Most of handle chipped off, considerable chipping on edges of rim and wear of paint all over.
Height: 2.87 cm
Max Diameter: 6.82 cm
Color: Clay body 5YR 7/5 (reddish yellow); slip 2.5YR 5/8 (red).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay