Collectanea Cantiana Author:George Payne Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: and wedges, according to their usual custom; it having at length given way, the whole was precipitated a distance of ten feet into the truck below. The compact e... more »arth coming down with great force upon the bottom of the truck caused the mass to break in pieces, and to the men's astonishment out rolled a human skull, two Samian paterae, and the two magnificent glass vessels figured on Plate iv. A shout of exultation from the men attracted the attention of Mr. William White, who was passing at the time, and he immediately went to the spot and took the vessels into the house, where they still remain. It is gratifying to know that Mr. White has at length decided to present them to the National Collection, where they will be accessible to the student, and in company with the entire series of interesting memorials of the past history of the estate. The following is a description of the objects:— Patera of Samian ware. Height If inches, diameter 6| inches. Potter's name Capmim. Patera of Samian ware. Height 1£ inches, diameter 6| inches. Potter's name Saceot . Mf. Green glass jug with handle (Plate iv., 1). Height 12| inches, length of handle 6 inches; the body of the vessel measures 23 inches in circumference. Blue glass bowl (Plate iv., 2), ornamented with pillar moulding. Height 3 inches, diameter of rim 7£ inches, the glass being -fa of an inch in thickness. Fig. 1 may be compared with the examples from Bexhill (Plate ii.) and Bayford (Plate xv.). As the handles correspond, and the ribbed moulding occurs on the bodies of the three specimens, they may be regarded as of common parentage. The pillar moulding upon Pig. 2 was patented as a modern invention some years ago by the late Mr. James Green, and was regarded as a triumph of decorative art, until shewn by Mr. Roa...« less