June, 1909. Reproductions of Bronzes in Naples. 133 



204. (24039) Fruit Dish (?) 

 No handles. 



Naples 76275. 



205. (24298) Fruit Dish (?) 



The curving handle ends above in a griffin's head. 

 Naples 76303. 



206. (24028) Fruit Dish (?) 



The bowl is fluted symmetrically. The three claw feet have palmette 

 ornaments above and rest on low, molded pedestals. 

 Naples 74000. Mus. Borb. V, xiv, i. 



STRAINERS 



Strainers were used in cooking and also for straining wine and 

 other liquids. The perforations were often arranged in. artistic 

 patterns. Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, s. v. 

 colum; Overbeck, Pompeii, p. 445 ; Bliimner, Kunstgewerbe im 

 Altertum II, pp. 104 ff. 



207. (24188) Strainer 



This strainer is bowl-shaped, with two lateral fixed handles. The perfora- 

 tions form in the center a rosette, around this a guilloche, and above this a 

 band of scrolls. 



Naples 77608. Mus. Borb. II, lx. 



208. (24192) Strainer 



This strainer is bowl-shaped. If there were handles, they are now missing. 

 In the center is a relief representing a seated female figure (Venus ?), apparently 

 about to chastise a hovering Cupid, whose right wrist she grasps with her left 

 hand, while in her raised right hand she holds something which looks like a 

 doubled cord (sandal?). The perforations are arranged in concentric rings. 

 On the upper margin of the bowl, on the outside, is an egg pattern. 



Naples 77609. 



209. (24180) Strainer 



This strainer has the form of a deep bowl, with a long, flat handle of one 

 piece with the bowl. The perforations form a central rosette and two sur- 

 rounding bands of leaves, with a pair of concentric rings between each two 

 patterns and at the top. 



Naples 77610. 



210. (24186) Cooking Utensil 



This object has the form of a deep bowl with a short, flat handle of one 

 piece with the bowl. Near the end of the handle is a hole for suspension. In 

 the bowl, under the handle, is an irregular group of perforations. 



Naples 73230. 



SAUCEPANS 



Shallow pans, such as Nos. 211-216, were used for cooking and 

 probably sometimes also for serving. Deeper vessels, such as Nos. 



