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inches in height and three in diameter of the mouth, and had 

 handles (PL vii., fig. 2, C.T.) The use of these small vessels is 

 conjectural, though we maj not err much in the appellation given 

 them, from the inference that they may have served a domestic 

 purpose in the abodes of the living, and also contained the viaticum 

 for the dead in their journey to another world. 



The second class of vessel is that which has obtained the 

 designation of " Drinking Cup, " a vessel of a specific type, 

 material, and artistic design, varying in size in different localities, 

 yet very uniform in character in England and Scotland, in the 

 south and in the north, but not found in Ireland, though they may 

 be in Denmark. They are said to be found more frequently in the 

 Wiltshire Barrows than in any other part of England (Stevens). 

 The shape of these vessels or cups is globose below with straight 

 sides enlarging upwards to the mouth, the height seldom above 

 eight inches. This is the typical form ; their material is of a finer, 

 closer texture than British pottery in general, often of a reddish 

 colour, and well burned. They seem to have been wheel-made and 

 kiln-baked. They have been but rarely found in Dorset ; in the 

 whole series there are not more than three typical specimens of this 

 class. The finest was exhumed by Mr. Warne from the Dewlish 

 Barrow (No. 33, C.), not figured by him in his work, but so 

 described that it cannot be mistaken. I have, indeed, a sketch of 

 it, shewing its great resemblance to two others which were found 

 at East Kennet, Wilts ( Archceologia, vol. 43, p. 392, fig. 83, and 

 Jottings, p. 183). In these specimens the design consists of square 

 panels, inclosing a cross in saltire, with the spaces filled in with 

 linear marking and indentations. The designs vary a good deal, 

 some being very complex and beautiful, denoting much artistic 

 skill of manipulation. Mr. Warne's cup was exhumed from a cist 

 in the centre of the barrow at a considerable depth below the level 

 of the floor. It was a barrow of large size, and at different levels 

 throughout were found urns and skeletons, but the cup had not a 

 particle of bone or ashes with it. 



In a Tumulus at Winterborne Kingston (C., No. 9) the frag- 



