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black. Iu one case the effect of the guilloche is given in the same 

 manner. 



Few vessels exhibit a more characteristic example of the ornamenta- 

 tion of this ware than that given in Fig. 259. It is identical in surface 

 finish with the last, excepting that the exterior has been painted red. 

 An exceptional feature maybe noticed in the shaping of the rim, which 

 has been brought to a sharp edge. 



Fig. 259 —Bowl ; Tumulus at Saint Geor 



The design occupies the usual space, and consists of a very elab- 

 orately meandered or fretted line, which is so involved that the eye 

 follows it with difficulty. Four units of the combination complete the 

 circuit of the vessel. Iu another specimen, which also has the design 

 divided into four parts, the lower line of each par.t is made straight, by 

 which means the space left iu the bottom of the vessel is square instead 

 of round, as iu the other cases. 



Fig. 260. — Bowl: Tumulus at Saint Oeorge.- 



Another variety of decoration, quite characteristic of this region, 

 consists of a band of fretwork dashed boldly across the inner surface 



