RF Louvre Mug - armed owl Function_Serveware “Ostrakon” Discovery kit

“Ostrakon” Discovery kit

Red-figure kypellon with seated Eros

drop design

used for drinking wine or serving foods such as

and this piece remained in Thetis’ collection

RF Louvre Mug - armed owl Function_Serveware “Ostrakon” Discovery kitRed Figure Mug with the Armed Owl This classical mug features a humorous depiction of an armed owl, inspired by a red figure kypelon from the Louvre Museum (CA2192), dated to 425375 BC. The little owlsymbol of wisdom in ancient Greecehas long been associated with the goddess Athena and the city of Athens. It appears on the iconic silver tetradrachm coin from around 500 BC, a design echoed on the modern Greek one euro coin, and in a 5th century BC