INCENSE CUPS. 



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also in shape ; but the most common form is one which expands 

 from the mouth towards the middle, and when at or near that 

 part gradually contracts again towards the bottom, where the 

 width is much the same as it is at the mouth, though some- 

 times it is narrower at that part [fig. 62]. Another form has 



Fig. -62. f. 



nearly straight sides, 



however, towards the top 



[fig. 63]. Another is of a flattened globular form [fig. 64]. 

 There are numerous varieties, not materially differing from the 

 typical forms, which it would be tedious as well as useless to 

 particularise. One variety however, found in Wiltshire and the 



Fig. 63. 



Fig. 64. 



adjoining districts, it may be well to notice. It is markedly 

 distinct in shape from the ordinary 'incense cup,' though it has 

 some features corresponding with it. The appearance of this 

 type is not unlike that of a saucer, with the foot deepened to 

 about a third of the height of the whole vessel; it is generally 



