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The Roman Potteries at Durobriva?. 



seems to have been no retouching after the slip trailed from 

 the instrument." 



Of the forms of mere ornamentation of this ware, the 

 scroll ornaments appear to have been the most popular, 

 probably because it was the one most easily executed with 

 freedom by the process just described. The arrangement and 

 combination of the scrolls, which are sufficiently varied, are 

 often both tasteful and very effective. In our cut, Fig. 1, I 



F10. 1. — Scroll Ornaments taken from Durobrivian Pottery. 



have selected two examples, from among those given in Mr. 

 Artis' s plates ; and others are furnished by the two examples 

 of the slate-coloured ware, also taken from Artis, which form 

 the centre figure and the lower figure to the right of our 

 coloured plate. These, it may be remarked, are examples of 

 the most common forms and shades of colours of the Durobri- 

 vian pottery. 



It is, however, the figured Pottery of Durobrivee, which 

 presents some of the characteristics of the Samian ware, that 

 possesses the greatest interest for the antiquary and the his- 

 torian. The variety of subjects in the Samian ware is far 

 greater, and they are treated in a more elaborate and more 

 highly finished style of art, yet similar classes of subjects 

 appear to have enjoyed greater popularity than others in the 

 Durobrivian and Samian pottery, and we can hardly help 

 suspecting that there was some design of imitating, or perhaps 

 a sentiment of rivalry. Considering that they were only 

 executed with the hand, and it would appear rapidly, the style 

 of drawing is remarkably good and spirited, and, as Mr. Artis 

 has remarked, the courage and energy of the hounds, and the 

 distress of the hunted animals, are expressed with great skill 

 and fidelity. But they have another and a peculiar value ; 

 when we consider that they were certainly executed in this 



