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The prevalence of this commoner ware might serve to indicate a 

 more humble abode, but even here there were not wanting signs 

 of at least a taste for more expensive ware, as the following cut 

 representing a bit of the so-called Samian of a somewhat prevailing 

 pattern will show : 



FIG. P. PORTION OF SAMIAN WITH THE GREEK HONEYSUCKLE ORNAMENT. 



Another portion, of a like character, with the egg-and-tongue 

 moulding, and with the figure of a cock, was also found. Various 

 kinds of birds and animals were sometimes represented in this kind 

 of ware : 



J.M WILLIAMS 



FIG G. PORTION OF SAMIAN WARE WITH BIRD, ETC. 



These vases, dishes, &c., were often elaborately ornamented, but, 

 as a rule, without much order as to the scenes. The ware itself is 

 of a bright coral colour, with a sort of vitreous fracture ; and, as we 



