ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
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Plate VIII. 
1. Olla, form 82. 
Round the body incised patterns consisting of curved and straight leaves 
with feathered edges, oblique rows, half of a star formed of finely cut grooves 
imitating cut glass and resembling the folds of a fan, with an encircling wreath. 
Walters, Cat. M 2380, fig. 233. 
Dechelette, II., plate V., 1, 3. 
2. Bowl, form 41 nearly. 
Round the body finely cut grooves forming triangles, lozenges with cross 
diagonals, palm branches, &c. 
2. Vases with Barbotine Decoration. 
The ornaments are applied with a brush, spatula, or pipette, in 
the form of a semi-fluid slip, to the body of the vessel before 
glazing. 
The practice of ornamenting in barbotine was common in 
Central Europe before its appearance on the red glazed wares 
{terra sigillata) about to be described. Walters, Cat. lii. It was 
employed for leaves, wreaths, and tendrils, rings, scales, knobs, 
engrailments (and in forming the separate features of the so-called 
‘ face-vases ’) on bowls, urns or ollae of thin hard black, blue-black, 
leather brown, or dull colour-coated paste, known as Belgic, 
Upchurch, and Cologne wares, according to their places of manu¬ 
facture, style and material. 
Such wares are well represented in the York museum by the 
black and grey ollae having a band of rustic work round the body 
in the form of loops, honey-comb pattern, diminutive mountain 
chains, and rough edged ribs running obliquely, with polished 
plain bands and girth grooves above and below, strongly resem¬ 
bling the stunted bronze ewers, pails or buckets with oblique 
flirtings found in Lower Germany, which they appear to imitate. 
Willars, Nene UntevsucJmngen fiber die Rdmische Bvonze-industre, &=c., 
pp. 48, fig. 26, 28, 29, 30—4. 
(See Part II., 4, (1) Vases with raised patterns or in relief 
to appear in Report, 1911). 
It passed to Britain in the I. century, and was practised 
successfully at Castor (ancient Durobvivae ), near Peterborough, 
for figures of men and animals, &c., on dull black colour-coated 
jars of pale paste. 
Walters, Hist. II., Cat. h, Prof. Haverfield, Viet. Hist, of North- 
ants, I., fig. op. p. 212. (See Part II., 1. Castor Ware to appear 
in Report, 1911). 
