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site of various kilns for making them. They are generally castaways, 
from being ill made or imperfect, viz. : fifty-two specimens from a 
kiln in the New Forest, Hampshire, some of them ornamented with 
white lines; they are principally Roman pocula or drinking cups, the 
indentations at the side furnishing a firm grasp for the hand. Three ves¬ 
sels found in a kiln at Albury in Surrey, presented by H. Drummond, 
Esq., M.P. Two specimens of grey ware from the kilns at Caistor, 
Northamptonshire, and a cake of alkaline matter employed there in 
the manufacture of ornamental pottery. Two specimens of black 
ware found on the site of a pottery in the Upchurch Marshes, Kent. 
Cases 56, 57. Roman pottery of various kinds. The localities 
in which they were found are inscribed as far as possible on each 
specimen. 
Underneath : Roman roof, flue, and draining tiles : some of them 
stamped with the names of persons by whom or under whose authorit} r 
they were made. Two inscribed P.P. BR. LON. found in London, 
others bear the names of the second and the twentieth legions. 
Cases 58, 59. Roman lamps variously ornamented. Two speci¬ 
mens of earthenware with a yellow vitreous glaze, of very rare occur¬ 
rence; one a bottle found at Colchester; the other the fragments of 
a vessel found in ancient pits at Ew 7 ell, Surrey; presented by H. W. 
Diamond , Esq. Specimens of Roman red ware commonly called 
Samian. The finer kind is known as Aretine ware, and was made at 
Arezzo in Italy. It. is not often found in England. The coarser 
kind w 7 as made in Germany and the eastern parts of Gaul, and im¬ 
ported into England. It was manufactured in moulds : a fragment of 
one may be seen in Case 63 from Rheinzabern; as well as a type 
for impressing the mould, found at Mayence; both presented by 
B. Hertz , Esq. , 1851. 
Cases 60—63. Plain Samian ware; probably the earthenware 
usually employed by the Romans for domestic purposes. Many speci¬ 
mens have been discovered at the Pan sands in the Medway, which 
has given rise to a notion that they were made there. It is, however, 
more probable that some vessel freighted with this wale was wrecked 
at this spot. They are frequently stamped with potters’ names, of 
which the Museum has a large collection. 
Underneath: Roman Mortaria or pounding vessels. They are 
made of a hard and coarse white earthenware, occasionally mixed with 
pebbles; on the lips may be seen the potter’s stamp. 
Cases 64—75. Various Roman antiquities found in Britain, which 
will shortly be rearranged; the most remarkable are the following: 
several circular pieces of Kimmeridge coal, commonly called “ Kim- 
meridge Coal Moneythey appear to be chucks from a turning lathe. 
Three stamps of greenish stone, with which oculists stamped their 
drugs. A bronze helmet, found at Tring, Herts; presented by Rich. 
Clutterbuch , Esq., 1813. The umbo of a shield; found at Garstang, 
Lancashire, from the Towneley Collection. A figure of Osiris 
Pethempamentes, found in a Roman Camp, Swanscombe, Kent. 
Presented by C. Carlin, Esq., 1841. Seven bronze figures, found 
at Devizes. Presented by Taylor Combe, Esq., 1811. Bronze 
helmet; found at Ribchester, Lancashire ; from the Towneley col¬ 
lection. Bronze imperial figure; found near Barking Hall, Suffolk. 
