Italian: becco a cartoccioEnglish translation: beaked spout 
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Archaeology | | Italian term or phrase: becco a cartoccio | Hi folks, I'm working on a book about the Etruscans and can't seem to find much on this term. I'm considering "scroll spout" but can't find much to confirm this. I'm pasting the entire paragraph below for context. We are talking about Cerveteri (Caere) in the 4th century BC.
FWIW, I found a picture on an Italian website. It's the one at the bottom: http://fototeca.iccd.beniculturali.it/FOTOINT/SDW?W%3DSGF++I...'CRATERE'%26M%3D127%26R%3DY
Here is the paragraph:
Avendo compreso quanto ampio potesse risultare questo nuovo mercato, rappresentato dai ceti medi e subalterni, che desideravano oggetti non legati all’ideologia aristocratica, le maestranze di Cerveteri realizzarono, su vastissima scala, una produzione a vernice nera con una figuretta, quasi un fantasma, sovraddipinta in vernice bianca. Si trattava di vasi, quasi esclusivamente ***brocche con becco a cartoccio***, realizzati da officine, specializzate, che avevano avviato una produzione di tipo industriale; allo stesso modo, i piattelli Genucilia, del tardo IV sec.a.C., furono un prodotto fortemente standardizzato per un mercato di dimensioni mediterranee.
TIA
Catherine |
| | | beaked | Explanation:
called "beaked" here - don't know which is more common/authentic
This is an extremely rare piece of Etruscan pottery. Measuring 9 inches tall with a rich black patina. Tendrils painted in orange around the body, shoulder and spout area. In absolutely perfect condition said for some encrustation on the surface of the vessel and some misfiring at the base. This ancient ceramic dates to approximately 600 B.C. and is from the ancient Etruscan city of Veio.
http://www.trocadero.com/galleriadelvecchio/catalog.html
Beaked Oinochoe
575-550 B.C.
Yellow earthenware, 6 13/16 x 5 1/8 "
Gift of Robert Brookings and Charles Parsons, 1904
WU 3267
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collections/artwork.asp?typ... |
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| beaked
Explanation:
called "beaked" here - don't know which is more common/authentic
This is an extremely rare piece of Etruscan pottery. Measuring 9 inches tall with a rich black patina. Tendrils painted in orange around the body, shoulder and spout area. In absolutely perfect condition said for some encrustation on the surface of the vessel and some misfiring at the base. This ancient ceramic dates to approximately 600 B.C. and is from the ancient Etruscan city of Veio.
http://www.trocadero.com/galleriadelvecchio/catalog.html
Beaked Oinochoe
575-550 B.C.
Yellow earthenware, 6 13/16 x 5 1/8 "
Gift of Robert Brookings and Charles Parsons, 1904
WU 3267
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collections/artwork.asp?typ...
| Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 12
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thanks so much to both of you! This works best for me. A buon rendere :-) |
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