The pottery of the New Forest bears in some respects a striking resemblance to that from Castor. The clays there found were white and fawn-coloured.[46] The Yorkshire productions present some peculiarities in pattern which will be noticed later on, and those of Oxfordshire are somewhat similar to the Castor ware. Of other pot manufactories it will not be necessary to speak in this work.[47] The sepulchral urns--those which were intended to receive the burnt bones of the dead--vary much in size as well as in form, material, and ornamentation. Many are of globular form, and of a dark bluish-grey colour in fracture They are somewhat coarse in texture, and are thrown on the wheel. The engraving (fig. 234) exhibits one of these vessels. When found, it was, like the others I am about to notice, filled with burnt bones. The engravings (figs. 235 and 236) show two urns containing human remains, the smaller one of which, found at Little Chester, is formed of a black clay, mixed with small pieces of broken shells--a kind of pottery much used for sepulchral purposes. The larger urn is of a hard and compact clay, and is beautifully “thrown” on the wheel. These examples are entirely devoid of ornament. A good example of this form will be seen in the centre of the group (fig. 230), but in this instance the urn is covered with a reticulated ornament. Examples whose forms partake a little more of the jar shape will be noticed on fig. 232, and others are given on Fig. 233, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 6. Fig. 237 is from Little Chester, and is formed of a fine reddish-brown clay, and is ornamented with “slip” in an unusual manner. It measures 3½ inches only in height, and the same in diameter at the mouth. When found, it was filled with burnt bones, among which were some small fragments of bronze ornaments, which had evidently been burned along with the body. The next examples (figs. 238, 242, 248, and 249), are of a different character, both in ornamentation and in colour of clay. [Illustration: Fig. 232.] [Illustration: Fig. 233.] [Illustration: Fig. 234.] [Illustration: Fig. 235.] [Illustration: Fig. 236.] [Illustration: Fig. 237.] [Illustration: Fig. 238.] [Illustration: Fig. 239.] [Illustration: Fig. 240.] [Illustration: Fig. 241.] [Illustration: Fig. 242.] [Illustration: Fig. 243.] [Illustration: Fig. 244.] [Illustration: Fig. 245.] [Illustration: Fig. 246.] [Illustration: Fig. 247.] [Illustration: Fig. 248.] [Illustration: Fig. 249.] [Illustration: Fig. 254.]