Fig. 205.—Cirencester.
Amphoræ were undoubtedly made in the Roman pot-works of Britain; evidences of their manufacture having been observed in various localities. The most extensive of these indications was at Colchester, from which place the example (Fig. [194]) is taken. These vessels are of large dimensions, strongly formed, and usually of a buff, or reddish-yellow colour. The forms of these vessels are of two distinct kinds—the one being tall and slender, as in Fig. [194], and the other more globular, as in Figs. [196] and [197]. They were mostly pointed at the bottom, for the purpose of fixing them, it is believed, in the earth, or in stands made for their reception.
Fig. 206.—The Jewry Wall, Leicester.
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Fig. 209.