Medieval Lamp
Glazed Lamp
Lamp with a green-turquoise glaze, Medieval in date from either North Africa or Palestine. It is a small open lamp with a pinched spout that has evidence of burning and a long horizontal handle that is partially preserved.
Palestine/North Africa
Medieval
Medieval "Teapot"
Glazed Teapot
Green glazed closed vessel shaped like a teapot, with loop handle on one side, now broken off, and spout on the other. The rim is missing and there is a large hole in the base.
Unknown
Medieval
Medieval "Candlestick"
Glazed Candlestick
Glazed vessel with a central tubular spout that is perforated down through the base, possible candlestick. The interior of the vessel is covered with a green glaze, which also covers the upper exterior carinated walls and rim. The lower half of the vessel and base have been left unglazed, revealing the pink-buff colour of the clay fabric. The vessel is broken in several places, but has been partially repaired.
Unknown
Medieval
Medieval Cup
Glazed Cup
Lower part of cylindrical cup with slightly footed base that is likely Medieval in date. The exterior decoration consists of a clear glassy, slightly prismatic glaze, and dark blue vegetable-like pattern, repeated in vertical panels on the body of the piece and the interior of the cup is also covered with a clear, or slightly yellow glaze. The upper half of the cup is missing.
Unknown
Medieval
Medieval Glass and Clay Fragments
Glass and Clay Fragments
The contents within the cigarette box, described as item #18, include 17 small fragments of green glass; 3 glazed ceramic fragments; and three unglazed baked clay sherds from ceramic vessels. Most of these pieces are probably medieval or later in date.
Unknown
Medieval
Medieval Bowl
Iranian Glazed Bowl
Medium bowl with glazed decoration on interior, in the form of red-brown and green splotches. The green glaze has been applied in streaks running in a centrifugal pattern out to the interior rim edge of the bowl and actually continuing over the outside. The outside of the bowl has also been covered with a clear glaze. The bowl has a flat base, with wheel marks clearly visible. The bowl had been badly broken into many pieces and carefully repaired and restored. The bowl is accompanied by a piece of cardboard, upon which is typed “Rhages Bowl, green and red splotches.” Another cardboard piece also says “Pottery from Rhages. This Persian city was as wealthy as Bagdad in its time. It was utterly destroyed by the Mongols in 1212 A.D. during their invasion of Persia.” It is possible that the bowl is dated to the Medieval period. Rhages is a suburb of the modern city of Teheran.
Iran
Medieval
Medieval Bowl
Iranian Glazed Bowl
Small conical bowl likely from Iran. It is highly decorated with a clear glaze and painted in brown-red and cobalt blue scrolling designs in alternating panels on the interior. The exterior is covered in its totality in cobalt blue. The base is footed. The ware is very fine. The bowl is broken in several places. Parts have been glued back together, or alternatively fixed with scotch tape. Date is probably 11th or 12th century.
Iran
Medieval