Terracotta Brazier Fragment with Molded Satyr Decoration
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Terracotta Brazier Fragment with Molded Satyr Decoration
Hellenistic323 BCE - 31 CE
Clay
5 3/16 x 6 1/8 x 2 13/16 in. (13.2 x 15.6 x 7.1 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
P.134
Classification:
Unclassifiable Artifacts; Artifact Remnants; Sherds
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- braziers - Receptacles, usually metal or terracotta, having a base designed to hold live coals, and sometimes with a grate or pierced top, used for heating a room or for heating or cooking food.
- Satyrs and Maenads - Maenads are human female followers of Dionysus (sometimes called Nymphai) - Note added June 2010 by M. Weldon.
- sherds - Limited to fragments of pottery or glass.
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Owner Name: Clarissa Compton Dryden, Class of 1932, MA 1935
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Acquisition Method: Inheritance
Disposal Method: Donation
Ownership Start Date: 1925
Ownership End Date: 1950's to 1980's
Remarks: A relative of archaeologist, Charles Densmore Curtis (1875-1925), Dryden presented the Ella Riegel Museum with items she inherited from his collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan artifacts throughout the 1950s-1980s
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Owner Name: Charles Densmore Curtis (1875-1925)
Role: Collector
Disposal Method: Bequest
Ownership Start Date: Likely ca. 1900
Ownership End Date: 1925
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