Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 315
f tap,the larger part being placed within the barrel, and the winedrawn off 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 by the mouth at the smallend, the liquid to be tasted was drawn up into… … iiiuinimiimmii!iiniiii!i[iriiiitni(ii»iiiiii»nn GLASS YKSSELS (of Pompeii). GLASS VESSELS. 3^3 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…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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