32 ROMAN POTTERY FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
2. Beaker, form 55, with angular lip and plain foot. 
Matt dark brown slip. 
Round the body, a row of oblique parallel bars, inch thick, -{}- inch apart, 
in white slip. 
The markedly concave profile of the lower portion is a late 
feature. 
Castor fabric. III.—IV. Century, Koenen, p. 100—101, XVI., 5. 
3. Goblet, on high tubular stand with projecting lip and foot 
ring. 
Dull dark brown varnish. 
Round the body, a row of rings, § inch in diameter, painted in white, 
bordered by deep girth-grooves. 
The form of foot, slender proportions, and ornamentation, 
indicate a IV. Century date. 
4. Goblet, on high tubular stand, with slightly moulded lip. 
(Somewhat distorted in shape). 
Brown paste with glossy greenish black varnish. 
Round the middle, a series of oblique bars in sets of three, alternating with 
rings, | inch in diameter, dotted in the centre, painted in white. Above and 
below, roulette-notched grooves, Near the foot a slight girth-groove. 
Shape, slender proportions, and ornaments suggest a late date, 
IV. Century. 
5. Globular, Narrow-necked Vase, with strongly out-curved 
lip and ringed foot. At the joining of neck and shoulder 
a false cordon or ring pressed out from the inside. 
Round the body, three painted belts, 4 inch wide, in dull brown-red 
pigment. 
6. Pear-shaped, Narrow-necked Vase, with strongly out-curved 
lip and small foot-ring. 
Light brown paste. 
Similarly painted with four belts, about ^ inch wide, in dull reddish brown 
pigment. 
The pigment employed is probably haematite, or ground iron¬ 
stone ( ‘ mine ’). 
7. Tall Wide-mouthed long-necked Jug, with dispropor¬ 
tionately small handle. 
Hard light brown paste, unglazed. 
Round the shoulder five or six ill-defined belts of red pigment. 
This kind of ornament was in common use at the end of the 
IV. Century. Koenen, p. 10S, XVII., 22, 
