Paddle-and-Anvil

The paddle and anvil technique, used after the coil construction method, shapes and smooths a coil built object. A finishing process, it is done by placing a flat rock or wood (the anvil) against the inside vessel wall and beating the outside lightly using a piece of wood as a paddle. This smooths the clay while also ridding it of extra moisture. Without this technique, there would be a very high amount of failures in the firing process.

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  • Ancient Biblical Holy Land Burnished Juglet, Judea (1938QKM) $360

    $360.00
    H: 3”  Dia: 2.75″ | FREE SHIPPING!

    This small juglet has a globular body, a round base, a very short neck, a wide mouth and short handles on each side. Like many other small Second Temple Period (circa 597-300BCE) pieces it is a functional item covered with a black slip and burnished. Small juglets like this “…were finished to a higher quality and were used for cosmetics and scented oils [and perfumes and ointments].” (Frank) This piece is intact, in good condition and a genuine piece from ancient history. There are two chips on the mouth rim, body dents, and burnish losses, all expected for its age and longer than two millennia old burial.

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    Tom Frank, “Imagining the Past: Archeology and the Bible: a juglet to anoint,” September, 2014.

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  • Ancient Biblical Period Burnished Juglet, Judea (1937DKE) $375

    $375.00
    H: 3.375”  W: 2.75”  D: 2.5”   oN STAND h: 5.5” | FREE SHIPPING!

    This ancient hand made ancient pottery juglet from biblical Judea has a globular body, a round base and a short neck flaring into a triangular mouth and its circular handle runs from its mouth to the shoulder.

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  • Ancient Holy Land Biblical Period Wine Jug, Judea (3241BHK) $695

    $695.00
    H: 8.5”  Dia: 5.5” | FREE SHIPPING!

    This Biblical Period earthenware wine jug is rare because of its difficult chances of survival over such a long time period. Made in the Judea Holy Land, it has a tall globular body and a downward sloped shoulder that join together in a distinctive carinated edge running around its top.

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