History of ancient pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Based on the work of Samuel Birch (1905)
Walters, H. B. (Henry Beauchamp), 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 612
to counteract the effects of trituration. They are usually of a hard coarse texture, but compact and heavy, and their colour varies from pale red to bright yellow or creamy white. They are frequently stamped with the name of the potter, placed in a square or rectangular panel on the rim and often… … ROMAN MORTARIUM FROM RIBCHESTER FIG. 230. Y(erif). A mortarium (BRITISH MUSEUM). recently dug up in Bow Lane, London, now in the Guildhall Museum, has the name of Averus Veranius with O • GARR • FAC in smaller type between the words, apparently referring to the place of manu¬ facture.2 One of the…
Pottery, Greek · Pottery, Etruscan · Mythology, Classical, in art · Pottery, Ancient
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