Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.

Large orange and brown, hemispherical bowl with orange slipped interior side surface and a rough light brown interior base surface. On the exterior base surface there is a large area of dark grey, likely from the firing process. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and there are small pieces missing.

Small orange and brown, hemispherical bowl with a broad dark orange-red slipped border inside the rim. There is a central grater surface that is unpolished and is incised with a geometric pattern of parallel and intersecting lines. The pattern is obscured by wear. On the exterior surface there is a large area of dark grey, likely from the firing process. There are broken and repaired sherds on one side, and there is a piece missing beside the repair.

Orange and brown, hemispherical bowl with a broad dark orange-red slipped border inside the rim. There is a central grater surface that is unpolished and is incised with a geometric linear pattern. The pattern consists of four triangular motifs marking quarters, and 'S' step fret and dashed lines in three of the four inter-spaces between parallel lines. The centre is obscured by wear. On the exterior surface there are two areas of dark grey, likely from the firing process.

Brownware bowl with inclining sides and rounded gambrel to shallow base with incised and painted decoration around the exterior sides. There is a band of incised panels with double line single step diagonals just below the rim, alternating orange, grey, and faded yellow (?). There are four Maltese-cross-like motifs consisting of double reed stamped circles and four radiating whisker elements below the band on one side of the bowl, and an undecorated inter-space on the other. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and there are small pieces missing.

Globular, single spout blackware bottle with broad, decorated shoulder. The shoulder is divided into quarters by double incised lines. Two of the double lines opposite each other are painted red in between. Each quarter of decoration is divided in half by an incised zigzag line, and each side is painted a colour. These colour sections alternate dark red, dark yellow-brown, and grey-brown. The bottle has been completely broken and reconstructed.

Terracotta jar with flared conical body and a flat base, a stepped shoulder and a human face on the spout. The face consists of two eyes on either side of a central nose with a double nose ring, and an ear with a ring as well (one of the ears has broken off). The features are applied to the vertical rim of the spout, just below the lip. Below this, the neck of the vessel narrows to the stepped shoulder. There are traces of faded black linear and curvilinear negative decoration all around the stepped shoulder and on the rim on the side opposite the face. There are flecks of white (unintentional?) on the shoulder on the side opposite the face, as well as a long crack extending down the body. Well preserved.