Wilkinson, John Gardner; Birch, Samuel [Contr.]: The Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs: being a companion to the Crystal Palace Egyptian collections (London, 1857)

VASES OF HARD STONE, AND POTTERY.

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and of vitrified pottery; and one is curiously made with an
outer casing round a small nucleus forming the bottle itself,

(W. 37.)

which last appears to have been turned before the ornamental
exterior was placed round it (woodcut 38, fig. 2).

Glazed earthenware cups, or bowls, were often ornamented
with various patterns; some having fish and lotus blossoms

(W. 3S.)

on

the concave bottom, which appeared to float in the water