A catalog of the antiquities and works of art, exhibited at Ironmongers' Hall, London, in the month of May, 1861 (1869)
London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, French, George Russell, 1803-1881, London (England). Ironmongers' Company · [S.l. : s.n.] · leaf 57
horses mane, and which was often in ancient times, asit is now, really made of flowing horse-hair. A Bronze Mask, or head of a Bacchante, French;14 inches long. The back locks of the flowing hair areplaited, and brought under the chin, where they are tiedand entwined with vine leaves and grapes,… … once Bronze Ladle, with a long handle, terminating in the head of a swan ;length, 19 inches ; diameter of cup, if inches. This is the cyathus of the Greeksand Romans, and was used at their banquets to convey the wine into the drinkingcups {poaila) of the guests, from the crater, or large vessel,…
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