Amphora (two-handled vase) with deeply ribbed body imitating metalwork, in black glazed red clay. probably Villanovan, pre-Etruscan. Impasto fabric (pre- bucchero)
Carved and polished stone ball, in porphyry, with the letters SYPAKO cut into it above a hand-written paper label. Inscription: Carved inscription: SYPAKO Handwritten label: W A Porphyry ball from Syracuse. 'Not least fraught with interest was theā¦