Fig. 254.
The domestic vessels, and other varieties of Roman pottery found with interments, vary very considerably one from another, so much so, indeed, as almost to require a detailed dissertation on the entire fictile arts of that people. Examples of some of the different vessels which are found are shown on figs. [243] to [266], and on figs. [230], [232], and [233], which exhibit some of the more usual and better known forms. Figs. [250], [252], and [253] are amphoræ, found in London, as was also the small amphora-shaped vessel, [fig. 251]. [Fig. 254] is a good typical example of a mortarium, of which considerable numbers, usually in fragments, are found wherever there has been a Roman settlement. The next group ([fig. 255]) represents five examples of blackware vessels, the ornaments on which are produced by tracing lines on the surface. The remainder of the engravings (figs. [258] to [268]) exhibit cups, bowls, unguentaria of different forms, and various shapes of vases. They are all characteristic examples of Romano-British ware, and will be useful to the student in correctly appropriating any specimens which may fall into his hands.
Fig. 250.
Fig. 251.
Fig. 252.
