'The Cataractonium' Roman Samian Ware Cup

GAUL, EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.

5 3/4 in. (309 grams, 14.5 cm wide).

Conical in profile with crinated rim, flared foot, incised ring to outer face; old collector's ticket stating 'Deep Samian Ware cup with horizontal groove decoration on exterior. Slight firing crack on interior. Substantial piece of potting. Central Gaul early 2nd cent. AD Found Catterick, Yorks. (Cataractonium)'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found at Catterick, York, Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

CONDITION

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