 | British Archaeological Association - Archaeology - 1846 - 456 pages
...He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels ; he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay...top, in which a small aperture was left, and the clay nipt round the edge; another coating would be laid on as before described. Gravel or loam was then... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - Archaeology - 1846 - 460 pages
...He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels ; he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay...top, in which a small aperture was left, and the clay nipt round the edge; another coating would be laid on as before described. Gravel or loam was then... | |
 | John Yonge Akerman - Archaeology - 1847 - 276 pages
...He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels; he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay...top, in which a small aperture was left, and the clay nipt round the edge: another coating would be laid on as before described. Gravel or loam was then... | |
 | John Yonge Akerman - Archaeology - 1847 - 270 pages
...He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels ; he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay...top, in which a small aperture was left, and the clay nipt round the edge : another coating would be laid on as before described. Gravel or loam was then... | |
 | Samuel Birch - Pottery - 1858 - 486 pages
..."Ducendi autem sunt per vernum as used by the wealthy ; but some sup- tempus ot autumnale ut uno tenure had reached the top, in which a small aperture was left, and the clay scraped round the edge; another coating would be laid on as before described. Gravel or loam was thrown... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Ethnology - 1861 - 554 pages
...He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels ; he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay just laid on, and then more clay, aud so on until he had completed the cirele. By this time the packer would have raised another tier... | |
 | Science - 1865 - 564 pages
...He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels ; he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay...top, in which a small aperture was left, and the clay nipt round the edge ; another coating would be laid on as before described. Gravel or loam was then... | |
 | Charles Roach Smith - England - 1868 - 472 pages
...then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat over the grass upon the vessels : he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay just laid on: then more clay; and so on ^until he had completed the circle. By this time the packer would have raised... | |
 | Samuel Birch - Ceramics - 1873 - 698 pages
...He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels ; he then placed more grass on the edge of the clay...clay, and so on until he had completed the circle. The packer then raised another tier of pots, the plasterer followed, hanging the grass over the top... | |
 | Samuel Birch - Ceramics - 1873 - 694 pages
...tier of pots, the plasterer followed, hanging the grass over the top edge of the last layer of plaster until he had reached the top, in which a small aperture was left, and the clay scraped round the edge ; another coating would be laid on as before described. Gravel or loam was thrown... | |
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As this arrangement progressed, an attendant seems to have followed the packer, and thinly covered a layer of pots with coarse hay or grass. He then took some thin clay, the size of his hand, and laid it flat on the grass upon the vessels; he then placed... 
