Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London, J. Murray · leaf 394
odern salvers, of small bowls, apparently for holding small quantities of viands, perhaps paterae, and generally hemispherical or cylindrical, and of little cups either of globular or of conical shape, probably pocula, and of jugs or larger vessels. The ware is generally plain, and im- pressed with… … No. 198. — Ciborium of Red Samiau Ware, bearing the name of Divix, a Gaulish potter. The Samian ware from its peculiar paste was more than usually brittle. In the Mensechmus ^ of Plautus, the fol- lowing dialogue occurs : " M. Knock gently. " P. Are you afraid tlie doors are Samian." ^ Menseclimus,…
Pottery, Ancient · Pottery
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