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ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
In a developed form folded beakers ,were made in large numbers 
in the Roman potteries at Heddernheim and Heldenbergen 
during the whole period of their activity from about A.D. 117 to 
A.D. 200. 
Welcker, Heddern. Mitteil IV., p. 136, figs. 12, 13. Wolff, 
Ore XIII., No. 25, Heldenbergen , p. n, plate III. 
They are the commonest shape produced in the New Forest 
potteries in Hampshire, which are shown to have been at work 
down to the beginning of the V. Century, by a hoard of coins 
found near the site, which included examples of Magnus Maximus 
and Arcadius, extending to A.D. 408 or shortly afterwards. 
Each of the vessels illustrated represents a single example of 
an important series. 
1. Small Bulbous Goblet. 
Weakly moulded lip and ringed foot. Light brown paste with dark brown 
varnish of slight metallic lustre. 
Round the bulge, about 16 vertical indentations, which are bordered above 
and crossed below the middle by roulette-notched grooves. On the inside 
strongly marked rings from careless throwing are indicated. 
The form is that of the Rhenish ‘ motto-goblets ’ of about 
A.D. 200—250. 
2. Upright Fluted Beaker. One of a series in Case B, 
Castor fabric. 
Plain lip and foot. Light brown paste with dull brown to glossy reddish- 
brown slip, mottled with light pinkish-red near the foot. 
Round the body, six oval indentations bordered by slight girth-grooves; 
moulded and applied overlapping scales on the shoulder and projecting ridges. 
Vessels of similar type, preserved in the Museum of the 
Natural History Society at Peterborough, are from the site of the 
potteries at Castor, about four miles west of the city. Others are 
illustrated by Haverfield, Vic. Hist. Northnnts., I., opposite p. 212, 
fig. 33 ; Artis, Durobriva, plate 53, fig. 1 ; Walters, Cat. M 2734, 
fig. 279, among II. and III. Century fabrics. 
3. Folded Goblet, on high tubular foot. 
Externally coated with dark-brown metallic lustre ; inside dull red. 
The body folded into nearly square section by deep indentations in the 
middle of each of the four sides ; the mouth and foot circular. On the 
shoulder below the lip and near the foot, slight grooves ; on the body at nearly 
equal intervals of an inch, three roulette-notched girth-grooves, all evidently 
made before the folding. 
