June, 1909. Reproductions of Bronzes in Naples. 115 



93. (24261) Round Brazier 



The three claw feet are finished off above with volutes and palmettes. On 

 the frame are a leaf-and-dart pattern below and an egg pattern higher up. The 

 fire-bed is of cement. 



Naples 73010. Mus. Borb. V, xiv. 3. 



94. (24295) Round Brazier 



There are three claw feet, whose attachments are in the form of leaves and 

 palmettes. Around the lower part of the frame, on a Lesbian cyma, is a leaf- 

 and-flower pattern, with a bead pattern below it. Above on a convex ring is an 

 egg pattern with a bead pattern above it. The frame is finished off at the top 

 with rounded battlements. The fire-bed is missing. 



Naples 7301 1. Mus. Borb. VI, xlv. i. 



94a. (24260) Round Brazier 



There are three claw feet, resting on round, molded pedestals and termi- 

 nating above in horned satyrs' heads between volutes. On the broad, flat band 

 of the frame, directly above the feet, are three tragic masks. Midway between 

 each two of these is a lion's head, carrying a swinging handle in its jaws, while 

 six disks are set between the lions' heads and the masks. The fire-bed is of 

 cement. 



Naples 73009. 



WATER-HEATERS 



Hot water was sometimes used at a Roman dinner for mixing 

 with wine. The utensils for meeting this and perhaps some other 

 requirements are portable, and are generally provided with handles 

 The fuel was charcoal. Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman 

 Antiquities, s. vv. authepsa, caldarium; Mau-Kelsey, Pompeii, pp. 

 376-7- 



95. (24187) Water-heater 



The globular, twelve-lobed vessel is supported on three feet, which have the 

 form of lions' legs and paws, resting on low, molded pedestals. Within the 

 receptacle for water is a cylindrical fire-chamber, provided at the bottom with 

 a perforated pan for supporting the charcoal. There is a tall, fluted, hinged 

 cover, the raising of which gave the necessary draft for the fire-chamber. A 

 loose inner cover, shaped like a flat ring, fits over the boiler, but leaves the fire- 

 chamber open. This inner cover could be secured by means of two projecting 

 pins attached to the under surface and having handles above. (See the draw- 

 ing in the Museo Borbonico.) Water could be poured in at the top, or through 

 the vase-like attachment on one side. On the side of the vessel opposite to 

 this vase there was a faucet, now missing, and behind the faucet an upright tube 

 serving as a vent. The handles are of the volute type. Their fiat backs are 

 decorated with inlaid laurel (?) sprays; their margins with bead and leaf-and- 

 dart patterns. On the upper surface of the vessel, outside the conical cover, 



