88 RELICS OF THE ROMAN OCCUPATION, LITTLE CHESTER, DERBY. 



exception of Figs. 8 and 17, are heavy and yellow when compared 

 with those of the first class. 



Of a coarse sandy variety of this light coloured ware are a con- 

 siderable number of fragments of amphorse, the large, round or 

 pointed-bottomed, two-handled vases used by the Romans for 

 wine, oil, or honey. Upon the handles of several are impressed 

 the makers' names, fig. 3, plate vi. being the most distinct. 



Several fragments of pottery are roughly glazed— the glaze being 

 in each case of a greenish colour. Several pieces of glass of similar 

 colour are probably Roman. 



There are abundant fragments of the common red pottery. 

 They need no further remark beyond that they represent a 

 variety of vessels — all large. 



Amongst Mr. Williams' pottery are several interesting pieces of 

 17th or 1 8th century pottery, which deserve a passing notice. 

 Their paste is reddish ; surfaces highly glazed. The ornamentation 

 was made by trailing or dropping thin shps of another colour upon 

 the surface of the article. In the first of the accompanying 



sketches the ground is chocolate, and the ornaments (which 

 are much raised) are yellow and the glaze is much '' crazed." In 



