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for the same purpose, so that most of those found in this country are 

 probably of German origin. But it is hkely that they were also made 

 in England, perhaps in various places, though the only distinct piece 

 of evidence of this is the finding of a few, together with other pots, in 

 a walled-up room at Fulham, where one of the most distinguished of 

 English potters, John Dwight, worked in the latter part of the 17th 

 century. Other more artistic productions of Dwight's are known, 

 and these beer jugs were, from the circumstances, almost undoubtedly 

 made by him, though they are so like some of the foreign ones, that 

 had it not been for the fortunate find alluded to above, there would have 

 been nothing by which they could have been distinguished with cer- 

 tainty. It is now impossible to say whether such jugs as the present 

 ones were made here or abroad, though the probabilities point to the 

 latter. The only undoubted one of Dwight's Bellarmines that I have 

 seen (in the British Museum) is smoother in surface and not so mottled 

 as these, but some of the jugs found in England are much more richly 

 mottled, and have the dark patches much larger. The concentric 

 rings on the bottom of these jugs are caused by the clay being cut 

 through with a wire, as grocers cut cheese. I doubt whether it is 

 known how the jugs were corked ; perhaps with wooden plugs. Though 

 these beer jugs or bottles must 200 years ago have been in use in count- 

 less numbers, and though they do not look as if they would easily be 

 destroyed, yet now they are not often met with, and it is fortunate 

 that these have fallen into the hands of one like Mr. Dicker, who 

 appreciates their antiquarian interest, and will take every care of them. 



Papers. 



1. Dr. H. CoLLEY March, F.S.A., read a paper on " Scando- 

 Gothic Art in Wessex, suggested by the Sculptured Stones 

 recently discovered at Whitcombe," Avliich is printed and 

 illustrated in this volume. 



2. Mr. E. A. Rawlence described the circumstances 

 attending the find of two buried oaks at Butterwick in Black- 

 more Vale, and exhibited photographs and plans of the sites. 

 The geological questions involved were discussed in some 

 notes kindly sent by Dr. W. T. Ord, F.G.S. 



The dry summer of 1911 led to the discovery of this long-buried 

 timber in the bed of the stream running from Holnest to Buckshaw, 

 near to the point where it joins the stream from Glanvilles Wootton. 

 The Holnest river having become quite dry, the deposits of gravel were 

 being used for road purposes, and in the course of these operations 

 the first oak tree was found under the bed of the stream. This log. 



