Fig. 44.—Gospel Hillock.
Fig. [21] has the reticulated lines produced by indentations from twisted thongs. Fig. [22] is a remarkably fine example. Around its upper portion are encircling lines, between which is the usual zig-zag ornament. Around the central band, too, are encircling lines, between which are a series of vertical zig-zag lines. The whole of the ornamentation has been produced by twisted thongs; some, however, being of tighter twist than others. Inside, the rim is ornamented by encircling and diagonal lines. It has on its central band four projecting handles or loops, which are pierced. Nine other looped examples, from Cornwall, are shown on Figs. [5], [17], [24], [25], [26], [27], [29], [30], and [35];[4] along with other examples from the same county. Figs. [18] and [20] are two “Immolation Urns,” found along with, or in, Figs. [19] and [21]. Fig. [38] shows a kind of ear or handle on the side of another vessel.
Fig. 45.—Monsal Dale.
Fig. 46.—Grindlow.
Fig. 47.—Elk Low.
The Drinking Cups are usually of tall form, globular in the lower half, contracted in the middle, and expanding at the mouth. In ornamentation they are more elaborate than the cinerary urns, many of them, in fact, being covered over their entire surface with impressed or incised patterns, frequently of considerable delicacy in manipulation, and always of a finer and higher quality than those of the other descriptions of pottery. Figs. [39 to 48] will show some of the varieties both of form and style of decoration. Instances have been known in which a kind of incrustation has been very perceptible on the inner surface, thus showing that their use as vessels for holding liquor is certain; the incrustation being produced by the gradual drying up of the liquid with which they had been filled when placed with the dead body.
