SEPULCHRAL POTTERY, 



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in size, and more difficult to assign to a determinate period 



than any other, from the fact of a coarse v and a well-finished 



one having several times been 



found in company." The above 



woodcuts represent two vessels 



found in a barrow on the circle 



at Arbor Low, in Derbyshire. 



Fourthly, "Thedrinking-cups 

 (fig. 118) are generally from six 

 and a half to nine inches high, 

 of a tall shape, contracted in the 

 middle, globular below, and ex- 

 panding at the mouth : they are 

 carefully formed by hand, of fine 

 clay, tempered with sharp sand, 

 and well baked; the walls are 

 thin, averaging about three- 

 eighths of an inch, light brown 

 outside and grey within." They are generally much orna- 

 mented and usually accompany well-made flint implements ; 

 but in some cases bronze awls have been found with them. 

 Mr. Bateman considers that the greater number belong to the 

 ante-metallic period. 



Numerous as are the varieties of pottery found in ante- 

 Roman tumuli, they appear (so far, at any rate, as those 

 discovered by Mr. Bateman are concerned) to have been all 

 made by hand, without any assistance from the potter's wheel ; 

 they are formed of clay tempered with sand and often with 

 pebbles : they very rarely have handles, and spouts seem to 

 have been unknown ; the ornaments consist of straight lines, 

 dots, or marks, as if a cord had been impressed on the 

 soft clay; no circular or curved lines are ever present, 

 nor is there the slightest attempt to copy any animal or 

 plant. 



Drinking Cup. 



