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On a Remarkable Wessel found at Hatton. 
SHOSE who attended the Swindon Meeting in 1898 will 
remember that one of the most interesting objects comprised 
in Mr. A. D. Passmore’s collection, then exhibited, was the earthen- 
ware vessel here illustrated. It was found at Latton two or three 
years ago, by a labourer, from whom it was obtained by Mr. 
Passmore. Unhappily no particulars could be obtained as to 
whether anything was found with it—nothing had been noticed 
by the finder. The pot itself, except that a portion of the base 
was broken away, was perfect. It is in several ways a remarkable 
specimen, and is quite unlike anything else found in the county, 
or, indeed, so far as I have been able to discover, in other parts of 
England. It is obvious that it is entirely distinct in shape from 
the Bronze Age Pottery so abundant in the round barrows of 
‘Wilts, of which we have such a fine series at Devizes. On the 
other hand its ornamentation much more resembles that of this old 
British pottery than anything that is found on pottery of the 
Roman Age in Britain. It is a hand-made vessel, and its shape 
is not regular, but it has been carefully tooled up and polished on 
the outside, in this resembling fragments of ware apparently of 
Romano-British age found at Oldbury and at Cold Kitchen Hill. 
The ware itself is rather thick and coarse, not particularly well 
burnt, and is of a blackish brown colour. ‘T'wo holes, on opposite 
sides of the vessel, are pierced through the rim at the foot, one of 
which is seen in the illustration. It is not easy to assign a use for 
these holes, unless they were for fastening the vessel firmly by 
means of nails or pegs. The shape suggests a Roman model, and 
in some respects somewhat resembles certain late Celtic vessels found 
recently in Kent and elsewhere. The ornamentation round the 
Shoulder consists, as will be seen, of a double line enclosing small 
rude © circles, with a series of vandykes below, each ending in a 
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