THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 5 



sixteen or eighteen inches in height ; and their ornamenta- 

 tion, always produced by indenting twisted thongs into the 

 pliant clay, or by simple incision, is frequently very elaborate. 

 This ornamentation usually consists of diagonal lines, or of 

 " herring-bone " or zigzag lines, arranged in different ways, 

 and producing a remarkably good effect. Of these interest- 

 ing vessels some excellent examples have been found in 

 Staffordshire, and these were, without doubt, made on the 

 spot. They are, therefore, the very earliest examples which 



can be produced of Staffordshire pottery, and date back to 

 the time when that district was inhabited by the Cornavii. 

 Of the form of Staffordshire pottery of this early period the 

 best idea will be gleaned from the accompanying engravings. 

 The first is a remarkably fine cinerary urn, discovered in 



