. The Intellectual observer. ery is stamped with the names of the potters,but with this rather singular difference, that, while in the * Storia degli unlichi vasi Jittili Aretini. 8vo. Roman Samian Ware. 229 Samian ware of Gaul and Britain the potters stamp is almostinvariably placed in the centre of the vessel inside, in theArretine pottery it is always impressed on the exterior side. Another circumstance has come under my observation,which tends to show that this description of pottery wasmade in various places throughout the empire, and that we areprobably justified in giving the name of Sa
. The Intellectual observer. ery is stamped with the names of the potters,but with this rather singular difference, that, while in the * Storia degli unlichi vasi Jittili Aretini. 8vo. Roman Samian Ware. 229 Samian ware of Gaul and Britain the potters stamp is almostinvariably placed in the centre of the vessel inside, in theArretine pottery it is always impressed on the exterior side. Another circumstance has come under my observation,which tends to show that this description of pottery wasmade in various places throughout the empire, and that we areprobably justified in giving the name of Samian to the redware which forms the subject of the present article, and whichtherefore, I shall retain. A few years ago I received from thelate Mr. Burckhardt Barker three pieces of pottery obtainedfrom excavations made at Tarsus in Cillicia, which I subse-quently presented to Mr. Mayer, of Liverpool, and theyare now preserved in his valuable museum in that town. Twoof them are represented in the accompanying cut, Fig. 1. To.
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