vessel; cricket-cage(?); lid BM-As1896-0319.4.a-b

Period:Unknown Production date:Late 19th century
Materials:pottery
Technique:

Dimensions:Diameter: 11.70 centimetres (lid b) Diameter: 12.20 centimetres (vessel a) Height: 1.10 centimetres (lid b) Height: 6.60 centimetres (vessel a) Weight: 193 grammes (lid b) Weight: 427 grammes (vessel a)

Description:
Circular vessel of grey pottery for holding fighting crickets.
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Comments:Label: ‘Circular vessel of grey pottery for fighting crickets.’ Registration slip: ‘Presented by Dr. W.G.K. Barnes, R.N. 3rd March 1896. China. Circular vessel of grey pottery with flat circular lid and flat bottom. In it is a small box of the same pottery one side of which is convex so as to follow the side of the larger box: it has an arched opening at each end and a detachable lid with a button-like knob on the top. On the lid of the large box is engraved or stamped a female figure with a stag walking near a tree, while beneath it is another solitary human figure. The lid of the smaller box is also ornamented. For fighting crickets: seized at Woo-hoo.’See also: As1896,0319.3.