SEPULCHEAL POTTERY. 



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impressions of twisted thongs, and incised patterns 'in which 

 the chevron or herring-bone constantly recurs in various com- 

 binations, occasionally relieved FIG. 157. 

 by circular punctures, or assum- 

 ing a reticulated appearance. 

 They are all made by hand, 

 no trace of the potter's-wheel 

 being ever found on them. 

 They almost invariably have 

 an overhanging rim. The ma- 

 terial of which they are formed 

 is clay mixed with pebbles, 

 and some of them have been 

 described as " sun-dried." This, 

 however, appears to be alto- 

 gether a mistake, arising from 

 the imperfect manner in which sepulchral urn. 

 they were burnt. In colour they are generally brown or 

 burnt umber outside and black inside. Fig. 157 represents 

 a specimen from Flaxdale Barrow, in Derbyshire. 



FIG. 158. 



FIG. 159. 



Vessels from a Tumulus at Arbor Low. 



Secondly, the " incense cups," so called by Sir R Colt Hoare. 

 They differ very much in shape, and are seldom more than 

 three inches high. When decorated the patterns are the same 

 as those on the urns, and are usually on the under surface, but 



