IRISH ANTIQUITY

Object Name: Pot : food vessel : pygmy cup
Description: Pot : food vessel : pygmy cup Biconical Cup. Found in gravel pit. Said to have contained burnt bones. Several other vessels of different form also recovered but since lost. Broad base. Rim simple with slight inturn. External decoration composed of zones of filled chevrons. Base decorated with rough chequer-board pattern. A pair of perforations occur at its maximum diameter. Hard fine ware pink in colour.
Materials: ceramic
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1842
1842
Catalogue Number: BELUM.A315.2.1911
Copyright: National Museums NI

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