horse figure

Little ceramic horse, with a hole in back, flower decoration. Colours: white, brown, yellow, green, blue.

Hasluck, Margaret

Early: 1850 Late: 1922 Period:

clay fired.clay glaze

L: 225 mm W: 155 mm

Europa Albania

In Europe about 3000-1700BC, from the late Neolithic into the Bronze Age, flat-based, finely made pots, known as beakers, were widespread. They have an S- or Z-shaped profile, and are decorated with bands of fine incised geometric pattern. In NE Scotland the Northern beaker types are associated with the introduction of metal working and are often found in individual cist burials, both probably related to settlement of people from Europe. Later beakers were made locally, and often have archaic or idiosyncratic features. This beaker is a Late Northern type. It is of medium size and has a rounded belly and a short neck. The comb-impressed decoration is in four horizontal bands separated by plain areas, and is on the neck and body, where it is not quite horizontal. The decoration comprises chevrons, zig-zags, and ladder patterns confined between lines. The beaker was found at Mains of Leslie, Premnay, Aberdeenshire in a grave with a skeleton and some clay lumps and pebbles.