48 ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
18. Bowl (form 40.) 
Light-brown paste with a thin coating of pinkish-red slip. Round the out¬ 
side, four slight girth-grooves, quarter of an inch apart. Being assigned by 
Koenen, plate XVI. 30 b. to the middle period of the Empire, a.d. 100-250, it 
probably belongs to the latest of these dates. 
Plate VII. 
6.—Imitations of Metal. 
Walters’ Catalogue, xlvii. m 108-114. 
1. Skillets or Stew-pans with Moulded Ornamental Handles in 
imitation of Bronze Vessels. Dechelette, II., p. 316, 
plate VII., 1-11. 
2. Ewers with Moulded Handles in imitation of Bronze Flagons 
or Ewers. Dechelette, II., p. 316-320, plate VIII., 1-2. 
3. Handle of Kotyle, with Moulded Reliefs. 
1. Part of Handle of a Trulla (Skillet or Stew-pan). 
Dull-red paste and glaze. 
On the surface framed by a raised border are moulded reliefs consisting of a 
bird (peacock looking backward), dog chasing a hare, leaves on stalks, rosettes 
within rings of cable-pattern, &c. The type of vessel and ornament are imitated 
directly from a metal prototype, and are in the style of Lezoux. They are 
assignable to the 1st and 2nd Centuries, but the date cannot be more definitely 
fixed, Dechelette, II., p. 316, fig. 9 and plate VII; Walters’ Cat. xlvii. m iio. 
2. Part of Handle of a Trulla, similar. 
The ornaments on the surface in moulded relief are (1) part of a nude figure 
standing on the r. foot with 1. crossed behind, (2) a leaf on a winding stalk, (3) 
single leaves, rosettes, and groups of four dots in the spaces, (4) the letters 
QD adosse, This monogram is associated with the name of DOECCVS, a potter 
of Lezoux, who exported bowls of form 37, ornamented in the style of large 
medallions assignable to the period between a.d. 110-250. Dechelette, I., p. 269; 
Walters’ Cat., xxxix., m 1155, 1364. 
3. Part of Handle of Dish. 
Coarse paste and thin dull glaze. Without ornament but moulded in the 
form of a metal prototype. A small bracket is also placed underneath at the 
joining of the handle in order to increase the strength. The technique is thought 
to belong to the Antonine period (a.d. 140-190) by Koenen, p. 105, xvi., 27. 
4. Fragment of Kotyle (form 14 nearly), with part of the side 
and one of the handles. 
To support the handle underneath, an upright ring with curved extensions 
is fixed at right angles to the side. The surface of the handle is ornamented 
with floral scrolls in moulded relief with a sunk border. On the side of the 
vessel is a conventional tree with numerous branches ending in leaves and 
scrolls with small knobs (buds) painted in opaque white slip or cn barbotine. 
(Not figured). 
