232 Roman Samian Ware. 



names occurs also on some fragments of the Arretine ware, 

 and the Lillebonne fragment is, like other examples found in 

 England and France, of peculiarly fine workmanship, 

 Mr. Eoach Smith very reasonably concludes that the pottery 

 of Arretium was brought into these western provinces. The 

 cut annexed, Fig. 3, represents one of the stamps used for 

 impressing the label with the potter's name. It was found at 

 Lezoux, in Auvergne, and presents the name AYSTRI'OF, 

 from the workshop of Auster. A similar die of a potter 

 named Cobnertus is preserved in the museum at Sevres. 

 Both these names are found on specimens of Samian ware 

 found in England. 



Similar dies for stamping the ornaments and figures have 

 also been found in France. In the latter each die contained a 

 single figure, or, at all events, a single group, and this explains 

 why the same figures are so frequently found on the pottery 

 in different combinations. One of these dies contains a single 

 festoon and tassel of the well-known festoon ornament, so 

 common on this pottery. 



In London, and in some other localities in England and 

 France, examples of this red Samian pottery have been found 

 which differ in some essential particulars from that just described. 

 The ware itself is of a finer texture, and the figures display a 

 superior style of art, and are formed in higher and bolder 

 relief. But its distinguishing peculiarity is the fact that the 

 figures which ornament it were not stamped on a mould, as 

 was the case with the red ware known to have been made in 



Fig. 4. Samian Ware from London. 



Gaul, but they were moulded separately, and attached to the 

 vessel after it had been turned on the lathe. In the fracture 

 of these vessels, the manner in which the figures were attached 

 to the vessel becomes very apparent; and in some cases, the 

 figure itself remains entire, while the side of the vessel is 



