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

    SOLD Ancient Biblical Holy Land Burnished Juglet, Judea (1938QKM)

    $295.00
    H: 3”  Dia: 2.75″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    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.

    Source

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

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