History of Ancient Pottery 8

History of Ancient Pottery 8

The gradual centralising of vases into public museums is a noteworthy

feature at the present day. The private collections formed by so many

amateurs at the beginning of the century have nearly all been long

since dispersed and incorporated with the various national

collections[46]; and those formed more recently are rapidly sharing the

same fate. Hardly a year passes now without seeing the dispersion of

some notable collection like those of M. Sabouroff, M. van Branteghem,

Colonel Brown (Forman collection), or M. Bourguignon; and almost the

only important one that still remains intact is that of Sig. Jatta at

Ruvo (consisting almost entirely of South Italian vases). Now that the

days are past when it was the custom for rich collectors to publish

magnificently illustrated atlases of their possessions, this tendency

to centralisation can only be welcomed both by artists and students.

For the latter now it only remains to be desired that a scientific and

well-illustrated catalogue of every public museum should be available.

 

We append here a list of the principal museums and collections in

Europe, which may form a supplement to that given by Jahn in 1854. The

more important ones are printed in heavier type.

 

I. GREAT BRITAIN.

 

1. =London. British Museum= (see p. 24). Catalogue by C. Smith and

Walters.

 

South Kensington Museum (a few isolated specimens; also some

from the Museum of Practical Geology Jermyn Street).

 

Soane Museum (the Cawdor Vase).

 

2. =Oxford. Ashmolean Museum.= Catalogue by P. Gardner (1893).

 

3.= Cambridge. Fitzwilliam Museum.= Catalogue by E. A. Gardner

(1896).

 

4. Deepdene (Dorking). Hope Collection. Inaccessible to students.

Consists entirely of late vases from Southern Italy.

 

5. Numerous private collections, among the more important being—

 

Richmond. The late Sir F. Cook.

 

Castle Ashby. Marquis of Northampton.

 

6. Harrow School Museum (a fine “Theseus” Kylix and Krater with

Centaurs). Catalogue by C. Torr (1887).

 

7. Edinburgh.

 

II. FRANCE.

 

1. =Paris. The Louvre= (see p. 25). Catalogue by Pottier (in

progress).

 

=Bibliothèque Nationale.= Catalogue by A. de Ridder (1902).

 

Dzialynski Collection. See De Witte, _Coll. à l’Hôtel

Lambert_.

 

2. Marseilles Museum. Catalogue by Froehner (1897).

 

3. Rouen Museum.

 

4. Boulogne Museum.

 

5. Compiègne Museum.

 

6. Sèvres Museum.

 

III. BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.

 

1. Brussels.[47] See Cat. of Musée de Ravestein. Somzée Collection

(now dispersed).

 

2. Amsterdam. Six Collection.

 

3. Leyden Museum. See Roulez, _Vases de Leyde_.

 

IV. GERMANY.

 

1. =Berlin. Antiquarium= (see p. 25). Catalogue by Furtwaengler

(1885).

 

2. Altenburg.

 

3. Bonn.

 

4. Breslau.

 

5. Brunswick.

 

6. Dresden.

 

7. Frankfurt. Museum Städel.

 

8. Gotha.

 

9. Heidelberg.

 

10. =Karlsruhe.= Catalogue by Winnefeld (1887).

 

11. Leipzig.

 

12. =Munich.= Catalogue by Jahn (1854).

 

13. Schwerin.

 

14. =Würzburg.= Antikenkabinet. Coll. Bankó.

 

V. DENMARK AND SWEDEN.

 

1. Kopenhagen. Catalogue by Smith (1862).

 

2. Stockholm.

 

VI. RUSSIA.

 

1. =Petersburg. Hermitage.= Catalogue by Stephani (1869).

 

Stroganoff Coll.

 

Pisareff Coll.

 

2. Dorpat (University).

 

VII. AUSTRIA.

 

1. =Vienna. Oesterreichisches Museum.= Catalogue by Masner (1891).

K. K. Kabinet. University.

 

2. Cracow. Czartoryski Coll.

 

3. Prague. Pollak Coll.

 

4. Trieste. Museum.

 

VIII. SWITZERLAND.

 

1. Berne }

2. Geneva } All unimportant for Greek Vases.

3. Zürich.}

 

IX. SPAIN.

 

Madrid.

 

X. ITALY AND SICILY.

 

1. Acerra. Spinelli Coll.

 

2. Adria. Museo Bocchi. Publication by Schöne.

 

3. Arezzo. Chiefly Roman Arretine ware.

 

4. =Bologna. Museo Civico.= Catalogue by Pellegrini (1900).

Università.

 

5. Capua. Campana Coll.

 

6. Cervetri. Ruspoli Coll.

 

7. Chiusi. Museum. Casucchini Coll. (but see p. 73).

 

8. Corneto. Museum. Bruschi Coll.

 

9. Florence. Museum.

 

10. =Naples. Museo Nazionale.= Catalogue by Heydemann (1872).

 

11. Orvieto. Museum. Faina Coll.

 

12. Palermo. Museum.

 

13. Parma.

 

14. Perugia. Museum.

 

15. =Ruvo. Jatta Coll.= Catalogue by Sig. G. Jatta (1869).

 

16. Taranto. Museum.

 

17. Terranuova (Gela). Private collections.

 

18. =Rome. Vatican= (=Mus. Gregoriano=). Guide by Helbig. Museo

Capitolino. Museo Papa Giulio. Numerous private

collections: Hartwig, Torlonia, Castellani, etc., and

Deutsches Arch. Inst.

 

XI. GREECE.

 

1. =Athens. National Museum.= Catalogue by Couve and Collignon

(1902). Do. (Acropolis Collection). Catalogue in

progress. Trikoupis Coll. Other private collections.

 

2. Eleusis. Museum (local finds).

 

3. Candia (Crete).

 

XII. ASIA MINOR.

 

Smyrna. Various private collections.

 

XIII. CYPRUS.

 

Nicosia. Cyprus Museum. Catalogue by Myres and Richter (1899).

 

Private collections at Larnaka, Nicosia, and Limassol.

 

XIV. EGYPT.

 

Cairo. Ghizeh Museum.

 

XV. AMERICA.

 

1. =Boston.= Catalogue by Robinson.

 

2. New York. Metropolitan Museum. Atlas of Cesnola Collection from

Cyprus published.

 

3. Baltimore.

 

4. Chicago.

 

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Footnote 1:

 

_B.M. Guide to First and Second Egyptian Rooms_ (1904), p. 22; for

early Neolithic pottery from Ireland see _Guide to Antiqs. of Stone

Age_, p. 84.

 

Footnote 2:

 

Remains of Neolithic pottery have recently been found in Crete

(_J.H.S._ xxiii. p. 158) and in the Cyclades.

 

Footnote 3:

 

_Cat. des Vases Antiques du Louvre_ i. p. 18.

 

Footnote 4:

 

Miss Harrison, _Mythology and Monuments of Athens_, preface, p. ii.

The Introduction to this work contains some excellent examples of the

modern method of using vase-paintings to elucidate mythology.

 

Footnote 5:

 

For the use of vase-paintings in illustration of Greek religious

beliefs and customs, reference may be made to Miss Harrison’s

_Prolegomena to Greek Religion_ (Cambridge Press, 1903), containing

many interesting interpretations of scenes on the vases which may

bear on the subject.

 

Footnote 6:

 

See Chapter XIV., _ad fin._

 

Footnote 7:

 

_Ant. Denkm._ i. 57.

 

Footnote 8:

 

Cf. for instance Berlin 2154 (Endt, _Ion. Vasenm._ p. 29).

 

Footnote 9:

 

Collignon, _Hist. de la Sculpt. Grecque_, i. p. 362.

 

Footnote 10:

 

Gerhard, _Auserl. Vasenb._ 81.

 

Footnote 11:

 

As, for instance, the subjects of Odysseus and Philoktetes; Orestes

slaying Aegisthos; the death of Polyxena; Theseus fetching the ring

from Amphitrite. Cf. Huddilston, _Lessons from Greek Pottery_, p. 28.

 

Footnote 12:

 

_Museum Romanum_, Rome, 1690, fol.

 

Footnote 13:

 

_Thesaur. Antiq. Rom._ xii. 955.

 

Footnote 14:

 

_Thesaur. regii Brandenb._ vol. iii.

 

Footnote 15:

 

_Ant. Expliq._ iii. pls. 71–77 (1719).

 

Footnote 16:

 

_Etr. Regal._ 1723, fol.

 

Footnote 17:

 

_Mus. Etr._ 1737–43.

 

Footnote 18:

 

_Recueil_, 1752–67 (especially vols. i.–ii.).

 

Footnote 19:

 

_Antiqs. Étr. Gr. et Rom., tirées du Cabinet de M. H._, fol. 1766–67.

 

Footnote 20:

 

1791–1803. Plates for a fifth volume were prepared, but never

regularly published (see Reinach, _Répertoire des Vases Peints_, ii.

p. 334).

 

Footnote 21:

 

_Peintures des Vases Antiques_, edited by M. Dubois-Maisonneuve, in

two volumes, with Introduction (1808–10); now re-edited by S. Reinach

(1891).

 

Footnote 22:

 

_Vases Grecs_, Rome, 1813; _Vases de Coghill_, Rome, 1817; _Ancient

Uned. Monuments_, London, 1822; the two former now re-edited by S.

Reinach, 1891 and 1900.

 

Footnote 23:

 

_Vases de Lamberg_, Paris, 1813–25; re-edited by S. Reinach, 1900.

 

Footnote 24:

 

_Vasi de Blacas._ This was never actually published: see Reinach,

_Répertoire_, ii. p. 383.

 

Footnote 25:

 

_Disquisitions on the Painted Vases_, 1806.

 

Footnote 26:

 

_Coll. of Antique Vases_, London, 1814.

 

Footnote 27:

 

_Vasi Fittili_, 4 vols. 1833; _Mon. Etruschi_ (1824), vol. v.; _Gal.

Omerica_, 3 vols. 1831–36, etc.

 

Footnote 28:

 

_De’ vasi antichi dipinti_, 1806.

 

Footnote 29:

 

_Gr. Vasengemälde_, 1797–1800.

 

Footnote 30:

 

_Monumenti per servire alla storia degli ant. pop. ital._ 2nd edn.

1833; _Monumenti inediti_, 1844.

 

Footnote 31:

 

_Mon. Inéd._ 1828.

 

Footnote 32:

 

_Gräber der Hellenen_, Berlin, 1837.

 

Footnote 33:

 

_Descr. de quelques vases peints_, 1840.

 

Footnote 34:

 

_Die Vasensammlung zu München_, Introduction.

 

Footnote 35:

 

He gave the name of Etruria to the place in Staffordshire where he

set up his pottery, after the supposed origin of the ancient vases.

 

Footnote 36:

 

_Namen der Vasenbilder_, 1849.

 

Footnote 37:

 

Vol. ii. p. 108.

 

Footnote 38:

 

_Ann. dell’ Inst._ 1832, p. 145 ff.

 

Footnote 39:

 

_Peintures_, p. viii.

 

Footnote 40:

 

_Der Stil u. Herkunft der gr. Vasen_, p. 46 ff.

 

Footnote 41:

 

_Rapporto Volcente_, in _Ann. dell’ Inst._ 1831, p. 98 ff.

 

Footnote 42:

 

The names of the chief modern writers on the subject are given in the

Bibliography, and in the notes to the Historical Chapters (VI.-XI.),  where also brief bibliographies are given.