n8 Field Museum of Natural History — Anth., Vol. VII. 



COOKING-STOVE 



The Pompeian kitchen had regularly a hearth of masonry, on 

 which the cooking was done. (Mau-Kelsey, Pompeii, pp. 266-7). 

 However, the present object is evidence that small, portable hearths 

 or open stoves were also in use for the same purpose. The fuel 

 used was charcoal. 



105. (26145) Cooking-stove 



Low, iron frame supporting a hearth of cement. Four movable cross-bars 

 for broiling. At one end two round frames to hold cooking vessels. 

 Naples 121321. 



PAILS 



Of the pails here represented some, as No. 106, may have been 

 intended for ornament rather than use. When the single bail is pro- 

 vided with a ring for a cord or chain, the pail may have been used 

 for dipping water from a cistern or for heating water over a fire. 



106. (24278) Pail 



Several bands of ornament in relief, with some silver incrustation, around 

 the upper part of the vessel. The broadest band consists of scrolls of con- 

 ventionalized leaves, interrupted by a long-necked bird, a griffin devouring a 

 bullock, the long-necked bird again, and a grazing stag. Above this band a 

 guilloche between two borders, each consisting of a bead pattern between two 

 rope patterns obliquely grooved in opposite directions. Below the band of 

 scrolls an egg pattern between two bead patterns. The projection at the bot- 

 tom of the vessel is encircled by a guilloche. The three feet have the form of 

 lion-headed griffins passing below into lions' paws, the transition being masked 

 by leaves; under the paws are low, round pedestals. Two bails, each orna- 

 mented with a guilloche. The attachments of the bails are ornamented with 

 rosettes, between each pair of which is a mask of Bacchus ( ?). On the inner side 

 of each bail is an incised inscription, signifying that the vessel was the property 

 of Cornelia Chelido. 



Naples 68854. Mus. Borb. Ill, xiv; Overbeck, Pompeii, Fig. 247. On the authority of De 

 Petra the inscriptions are given in C.I.L., X, 8071, 38 in the form: CORNELAS • CHELDON1 . 

 The owner was apparently a Greek woman, since Chelido is a Greek name (ytXldcav, a swallow). 



107. (24272) Pail 



Around the upper part of the vessel several bands of ornament in relief. 

 The broadest band consists of scrolls of conventionalized leaves and flowers 

 separated by animals, viz., two pairs of bulls drinking from basins and two 

 leaping stags. Above this band is a guilloche between two triple borders, like 

 those of No. 106, and above this group an egg pattern followed by a bead pattern. 

 Below the band of scrolls is another triple border, as above, followed by a leaf 

 pattern, a bead pattern and three plain bands. There are two bails, each 

 ornamented with a guilloche. The attachments of the" bails are ornamented 

 with rosettes, between which are upstanding palmettes. Three projections 

 from the bottom of the vessel serve as feet. 



Naples 68866. Mus. Borb. XI, xliv. 



