THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 



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be of assistance to the collector in appropriating the speci- 

 mens in his possession. 



The pottery of the ANGLO-SAXON period the next great 

 division of my subject was undoubtedly, like that of the 

 ancient Britons, made near the places where the remains 



have been discovered. The pottery of this period consists 

 almost entirely of cinerary urns, and their form is somewhat 



