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27 to 34. Pieces from a large find of Roman pottery, discovered in 
1852, in the New Forest, to the east of Fordingbridge, pre¬ 
sented by Mrs. G. R. Tatum. 
Over a tract of some extent were found scattered the fragments 
of Roman vessels, the greater part of which proved to be cast away 
from a potter’s kiln, and were so much vitrified as to resemble 
modern stone ware. The majority of these vessels consisted of 
upright urns, with six indentations in the sides ; they were all 
more or less cracked and warped. The kilns are supposed to be of 
the third century of our era, and the ware was in local use, some 
of it having been found at Bittern. 
35. A small circular vessel of early ware; it has four projecting 
knobs, and is without any scored or impressed ornament. 
Deposited by Mr. E. T. Stevens. 
36 and 37. These two specimens of toy vessels were bought a few 
years since in the market at Seville, for something less than a 
halfpenny, and were similar to larger vessels then on sale for 
ordinary domestic purposes. They serve to show how the 
forms of the very earliest period are still retained in the south 
of Europe. Deposited by Mr. Nightingale. 
38 and 39. Two bowls, from Italy, of Roman red Samian ware. 
The use of this kind of pottery seems to have extended with 
the Roman Empire, fragments of it having been discovered 
wherever the Roman people had settled after their conquests. The 
paste of the ware was worked in the most perfect manner, and is 
of a fine coralline red colour. The articles usually made of this 
material were basins, circular bowls, and flat dishes, richly em¬ 
bossed ; the design upon their surface comprehended an immense 
variety of subjects, and have almost invariably the name of the 
potter stamped upon some part of the vessel. The ware of this 
kind found in England was chiefly made on the Rhine and in the 
Eastern parts of Gaul. 
40. Twenty-one fragments of Samian ware, found in London. 
41 and 42. Two lamps of Samian ware, from Italy. 
43. A lamp of terra cotta, ditto. 
44. A lamp of coarser clay, ditto. 
Nos. 38 to 44 deposited by Mr. E. T. Stevens. 
45. A lamp taken from the Catacombs of San Lorenzo, at Rome. 
Presented by Mrs. Montgomery. 
46. A lamp found at Old Sarum. Presented by Mr. Tiffin. 
The lamps found in England are seldom of bronze, but almost 
invariably of terra cotta, the later ones of red Roman ware, with 
small projections at the sides instead of handles. These lamps are, 
with few exceptions, of a rude character, being mostly without 
ornament or potters’ names. 
