136 



DAVENPORT ACADEMY OK NATURAL SCIENCES. 



eral way, under the head of ornamentation. Rim modifications 

 constitute an important feature. The margin or lip may be square, 

 oblique, round, or grooved, as indicated in Fig. 5, ^, <^, c, and d. 

 The scallop may be employed as in e and/, and relief ornament 



b r d e 



Fk;. 5. — Mixlificatioii of rims. 



Fig. 6. — Modification of rims. 



may be added, such as fillets and nodes and various horizontal pro- 

 jections, as shown in Fig. 6, to say nothing of incised lines and 

 indentations, which are the heritage of wicker-work. 



Not satisfied with these simple ideas of decoration the fancy of 

 the potter has led him to add embellishments of most varied and 

 often of extraordinary character. The nodes and ridges have been 

 enlarged and prolonged, and fashioned into a thousand natural and 

 fanciful forms. Shells, fish, birds, beasts, human and impossible 

 creatures have been utilized in a multitude of ways. Many illus- 

 trations of these are given on subsequent pages. 



The body of the bowl is somewhat less profusely ornamented 

 than the rim. The interior, as well as the exterior, has been treated 

 with both painted and incised designs. In the painted ones the 

 favorite idea for the interior is a series of volutes, in broad lines, 

 radiating from the centre of the basin. Groups of festooned lines 

 either painted or engraved, and arranged to give the effect of im- 

 bricate scales, form also a favorite motive. The exterior surface of 

 the incurved rims of globular vessels offers a tempting surface to 

 the artist and is often tastefully decorated. 



Illustrations. — Ordinary forms. — I have not thought it neces- 

 sary to present many cuts of simple undecorated vessels, as their 



