The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
Fig. 53 has the pattern rudely indented over its whole surface. Fig.
51 is coarse and rude, and the pattern very simple. Figs. 54, 55, and
57 are of different character, and have a kind of handle or projecting
stud on four sides. They are among the most elaborate, in point of
ornamentation, of any of these interesting vessels, of which other
forms besides those engraved have occasionally been found. On Wykeham
Moor, in Yorkshire the Rev. Canon Greenwell has brought to light some
urns of a different character, and of greater width at the mouth.
[Illustration: Fig. 73.--Broad Down.]
The diminutive vessels, usually called (though, as I have said,
erroneously) “Incense Cups,” but which I propose to call “_Immolation
Urns_,” are ornamented in the same manner as the other pottery.
The form, as will be seen from Figs. 58 to 75, varies much, from a
plain salt-cellar like cup to the more elaborately rimmed vase. Three
examples (Figs. 68, 70, and 75) have the very unusual appendage of
a handle at one side; others have holes in their sides, as if for
suspension, and I suspect this has been the case in the urn containing
the ashes of the mother. Fig. 67 has four handles.
Holes for, as supposed, suspension, are shown in Figs. 58, 72, and 74;
these have each two of these small perforations in the side. Others, as
in Figs. 64 and 67, have perforated loops at their sides. Fig. 65 is
of unusual form, having a broad rim round its mouth; it is elaborately
ornamented. Figs. 5, 18 and 20 are shown with the urns with which they
were found.
[Illustration: Fig. 74.--Broad Down.]
Other forms of these interesting little vessels, which generally range
from an inch and a half to three inches in height, occur. They will
be best understood from the engravings. One of these (Fig. 72), for
the purpose of showing its pattern more carefully, is engraved of its
FULL SIZE. It is a remarkable example, and has its bottom
ornamented as well as its sides and rim, which are shown on Figs. 73
and 74. When found it was filled with burnt bones, probably of an
infant. On one side were two perforations.
[Illustration: Fig. 75.--Denzell.]
Among the unusual forms of Celtic pottery may be named the curious
examples (Figs. 76 and 77) one of which is a kind of drinking mug with
a handle, and the other is supported on feet. Fig. 76, and another
of somewhat similar kind in the Ely Museum, are the only two known
examples of this form of vessel, and they will be seen to be very
richly ornamented. Fig. 76 is in the Bateman collection, as is also
Fig. 77. It is one of the class of vessels hitherto called incense
cups, and is, I believe, unique--no other example on feet having come
under my notice.
[Illustration: Fig. 76.--Pickering.]
[Illustration: Fig. 77.--Pickering.]
CHAPTER II.
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