Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 325
of tap,the larger part being placed within the barrel, and the winedrawn ofT through the neck or spout, which is broken. Fig. n,is a wine-taster, something on the principle of a siphon. It ishollow, and the air being exhausted bv the mouth at the smallend, the liquid to be tasted was drawn up into… … GLASS VKSSELS {of Pompeii). GLASS VESSELS. 303 Another sort of glass strainer, of which there are several inthe Neapolitan Museum, is made of bronze, pierced in elegantand intricate patterns as seen on page 84. The Romans usedstrainers tilled with snow to cool their wines, and such may havebeen the…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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