Fig. 75.—Denzell.
Among the unusual forms of Celtic pottery may be named the curious examples (Figs. [76] and [77]) one of which is a kind of drinking mug with a handle, and the other is supported on feet. Fig. [76], and another of somewhat similar kind in the Ely Museum, are the only two known examples of this form of vessel, and they will be seen to be very richly ornamented. Fig. [76] is in the Bateman collection, as is also Fig. [77]. It is one of the class of vessels hitherto called incense cups, and is, I believe, unique—no other example on feet having come under my notice.
Fig. 76.—Pickering.
Fig. 77.—Pickering.
CHAPTER II.
Romano-British Pottery—Upchurch Ware—Durobrivian Ware—Roman Potters’ Kilns—Pottery in London—Salopian Ware—New Forest Ware—Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, and other Wares—Varieties of Vessels: Amphoræ—Mortaria, &c.—Sepulchral Vessels—Tiles—Tile Tombs—Clay Coffins—Lamps—Penates—Coin Moulds, &c.
During the Romano-British period the fictile art was much practised in England, and not only was a large variety of wares produced, but an almost endless number of vessels were made. Potworks were established in many parts of the kingdom, some of which grew to very large dimensions, while others of a less important character and size still made wares of extremely good quality. The three principal potteries—at least so far as present researches have enabled us to judge—in England at this period were those on the Medway, in the Upchurch marshes, extending towards Sheerness, in Kent; the Durobrivian potteries on the river Nen, in Northamptonshire; and the Salopian potteries on the Severn, in Shropshire. Smaller pot works, however, being scattered over various parts of the kingdom.