304 Additions to the Society's Collection of Wiltshire Tokens. 



impressed cord ornament, as are the parallel lines above, a form of 

 ornament which is more common than any other on the Bronze 

 Age barrow pottery. Here, as often in the Barrow pottery, the 

 pattern is very carelessly spaced and executed, indeed a close 

 examination shows that the greater part of many of the lines of 

 cord ornament are not formed by a cord or thong at all, bnt touched 

 in with a tool to imitate the rest. The height of the vessel is 

 8 inches. Mr. C. H. Read, of the British Museum, to whom it 

 has been shown, was inclined to think that it may be of Romano- 

 British age, though he knew of nothing quite like it. In any case, 

 whether late Celtic or Romano-British, it is an interesting example 

 of the combination of the later Roman form with the earlier Bronze 

 Age method of decoration. 



Ed. H. Gtoddard. 



Mtitm to % j^oaetg s Collection of 



jj^Y purchases at the sale of Col. Lowsley's coins a valuable 

 addition has lately been made to the Society's collection 

 of 17th century Wiltshire trade tokens, including several very 

 scarce varieties, and some which have not been hitherto described in 

 any published list. In giving particulars of such as are new to 

 the trays at the Museum, I may mention that the lettering is 

 copied from the tokens themselves, so that collectors may correct 

 those errors which have crept into the different printed lists owing 

 to the descriptions having been taken from indistinct specimens : — 



