Collections towards a history of pottery and porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries: with a description of the manufacture, a glossary, and a list of monograms (1850)
Marryat, Joseph · London, J. Murray · leaf 348
270 OLLA. ORITAMENTS. [appendix. stone^ having a wide mouth, similar to the pitJios. It was used for cookings or for holding solids^ and was sometimes supported over the fire by a tripod,, or made with tripod feet in one piece. A painting upon a vase found at Canino, and now in the British Museum… … Fig. 96. Greek Vase, with painting of OUa. (Britisli Museum.) boiling an old ram in an olla, with a view to persuade the daughters of PeHas to put their father to death. The ram, restored to youth, is just in the act of leaping out of the pot. Ollse were also used to hold solids, while amphorae…
Pottery · Porcelain
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