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 279
eping of corn, oil, grapes,and other food, but more especially for thepreservation of wine. They were made ofearthenware, and, in later times, occasion-ally of glass. When filled with wine, themouths were stopped with wood or earth,which was smeared with pitch or clay. Onthe outside, the title of… … Fig. 69. Amphora. which is transported down the Nile in acurious manner. A quantity of jars areplaced perpendicularly, and lashed with thefibre of date to parallel poles, forming atriangular raft, upon which the conductor is seated, and floats down the Nile, retailinghis cargo as he goes. *…
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