460 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, black varnish, shining like polished jet, not 
VIII. 
in the slightest degree affected by the acid. 
Within the lower superficies of che foot of the 
vessel, the maker's name was expressed by a 
Greek monogram; provkig either that a Grecian 
potter was proud to acknowledge this masterly 
piece of workmanship, or that it was usual to 
inscribe the names of places celebrated in the 
manufacture of earthenware; and in this case, 
the monogram may be intended for MEFAPEP-N. 
It consisted of the letters M E, which had been 
inscribed with the point of a sharp instrument, 
and written in this manner: 
There were other pateras of the same manu- 
facture, but not entire : also a number of 
lachrymatories, and libatory vessels, adorned with 
monochromatic painting; cups resembling our 
sugar-basons, with covers variously decorated 
by yellow, red, and black colours; singularly 
formed lamps, some representing human figures ; 
smaller cups, and, however minute in their 
size, each of these had its double handle. 
The Baratary shewed to us a very remarkable 
intaglio, because, although antient, it had been 
cut m glass of a green colour; the only instance 
of the kind we had ever seen. 
