A few (more) words about cups and other pottery drinking vessels from Coimbra (15th and 16th centuries)

Authors

  • Ricardo Costeira da Silva University of Coimbra, Centre of 20th Century Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Humanities https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1006-8562

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8657_60_7

Keywords:

Coimbra, 15th and 16th centuries, pottery, cups, water consumption

Abstract

In 1921 Coimbra University Press published, in monographic format, two crucial works for the study of Modern pottery in Portugal. Algumas palavras a respeito de púcaros de Portugal ("Some words about Portuguese pottery cups") by Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos and A cerâmica coimbrã no século XVI ("Coimbra’s pottery in the 16th century") by Joaquim Martins Teixeira de Carvalho gather the first documentary references to pottery production, since then, repeatedly cited in essays dedicated to this subject.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of these editions, a summary is presented concerning the tableware intended for the consumption of liquids or beverage containers (mostly water) in Coimbra during the 15th and 16th centuries, based on the collection exhumed in archaeological surveys carried out in the old episcopal palace of Coimbra. As a result, the regional morpho-typological evolutionary framework of these productions that notably flourished from the mid-16th century onwards has been established.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2021-12-28

How to Cite

Costeira da Silva, R. (2021). A few (more) words about cups and other pottery drinking vessels from Coimbra (15th and 16th centuries). Conimbriga, 60, 289-323. https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8657_60_7

Issue

Vol. 60 (2021): Conimbriga v. 60

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2021 Conimbriga

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing the work with recognition of authorship and initial publication in Antropologia Portuguesa journal.