Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1849, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1849, Vol. 4

IN former volumes of the Journal examples have been given of romano-british pottery, verified as such by evi dence that cannot be challenged. On the present occasion will be described another class of fictile ware, which, in the course of our proceedings, has been frequently alluded to, but never fully particularized. It is true it has been the subject of essays in some of our antiquarian publications, yet these have rather had for their object the attempt to fix the production of the pottery to some particular locality, or to identify it with some special kinds mentioned by ancient writers; while the absence of illustrations have rendered the discussions intelligible and interesting only to a comparative few. We Shall, as far as our limits will allow, embrace these questions, and give engravings of the most prominent varieties of the pottery, SO as to avoid as much as possible the hazard of being misunderstood, and, for the same reason, Shall retain the commonly accepted term Samian, although the propriety of the designation will probably appear more than doubtful.

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