The domestic vessels, and other varieties of Roman pottery found with interments, vary very considerably one from another, so much so, indeed, as almost to require a detailed dissertation on the entire fictile arts of that people. Examples of some of the different vessels which are found are shown on figs. 243 to 266, and on figs. 230, 232, and 233, which exhibit some of the more usual and better known forms. Figs. 250, 252, and 253 are amphoræ, found in London, as was also the small amphora-shaped vessel, fig. 251. Fig. 254 is a good typical example of a mortarium, of which considerable numbers, usually in fragments, are found wherever there has been a Roman settlement. The next group (fig. 255) represents five examples of blackware vessels, the ornaments on which are produced by tracing lines on the surface. The remainder of the engravings (figs. 258 to 268) exhibit cups, bowls, unguentaria of different forms, and various shapes of vases. They are all characteristic examples of Romano-British ware, and will be useful to the student in correctly appropriating any specimens which may fall into his hands. [Illustration: Fig. 250.] [Illustration: Fig. 251.] [Illustration: Fig. 252.] [Illustration: Fig. 253.] [Illustration: Fig. 255.] [Illustration: Fig. 256.] [Illustration: Fig. 257.] [Illustration: Fig. 258.] [Illustration: Fig. 259.] [Illustration: Fig. 260.] [Illustration: Fig. 261.] [Illustration: Fig. 262.] [Illustration: Fig. 263.] [Illustration: Fig. 264.] [Illustration: Fig. 265.] [Illustration: Fig. 266.] [Illustration: Fig. 267.] [Illustration: Fig. 268.] CHAPTER IX. Romano-British Period--Pottery--Samian Ware--Potters’ Stamps--Varieties of Ornamentation--Glass Vessels--Sepulchral Vases, etc.--Lachrymatories--Bowls--Beads--Coins found with Interments. In the preceding chapters I have purposely avoided including vessels of Samian ware. As these are frequently found with sepulchral deposits, I now proceed to speak of this peculiar and beautiful ware. [Illustration: Fig. 269.]