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greater part must have been made in some of the flourishing 
cities founded in Britain by the Romans, who were more or 
less masters of this country for upwards of 400 years. 
Table Case E. Smaller Roman antiquities found in Britain. 
Cases 47-51. Roman vessels of coarse earthenware, principally em- 
ployed as cinerary urns. Over the Cases, two large amphora, the necks 
of which have been broken off to admit urns, forming rude sarcophagi. 
Cases 52, 53. Specimens of Roman earthenware, found on the site 
of kilns in the New Forest in which they were manufactured. They 
are generally " castaways," ill-made or imperfect. 
Cases 54, 57. Roman pottery of various kinds. The localities in 
which the specimens were found are inscribed upon them as far as pos- 
sible. Underneath: Roman roof, flue, and draining tiles; also two 
Roman coffins of lead, found near London. 
Cases 58, 59. Roman lamps variously ornamented. Two specimens 
of earthenware with a yellow vitreous glaze. A singular vase in the 
form of a human head, dedicated to Mercury, from Lincoln. Under- 
neath : Roman Mortaria, or pounding-vessels. 
Cases 60-63. Roman red moulded ware, commonly called Samian. 
The finer kind, known as Aretine ware, was made chiefly at Arctium 
in Italy; the coarser in Germany and Eastern Gaul, and imported 
into England. A fragment of a mould may be seen in Case 63 ; and 
a type for impressing a mould. 
Case 64. Plain Samian ware, probably the ware employed for domes- 
tic purposes. The specimens are generally stamped with potters' names. 
Cases 65-75. Miscellaneous Roman Antiquities. Among them may 
be noticed a vase turned in Kimmeridge coal, and the waste pieces 
found on the site of the manufactory on the coast of Dorsetshire ; clay 
moulds for counterfeit coins ; brooches and other personal ornaments ; 
bronzes. Case 70. Antiquities discovered at Ribchester, in Lan- 
cashire. On the middle shelf, a bronze head of the Emperor Hadrian, 
found in the Thames, below a Roman tomb found in the Great Park, 
Windsor, and presented by Her Majesty. Cases 71-75. Edicts 
granting privileges to some of the auxiliaries serving in Britain under 
Trajan and Hadrian. Votive offerings, small figures, etc. 
In Table Case Fare placed Roman Antiquities discovered in London, 
principally from the collection made by Mr. Roach Smith. They consist 
of statuettes, personal ornaments, implements of various kinds, such 
as knives, and styli for writing, fragments of pottery, leather sandals, 
and other remains of the Roman occupants of London. On a pedestal 
at the end of the case is a fine bronze figure from Barking Hall. 
Suffolk. 
ANGLO-SAXON" ANTIQUITIES. 
These antiquities, which have been chiefly found in ancient 
cemeteries, belong for the most part to tjhe earlier periods of 
