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Nigerian waterpots, c. 1970-80s
Four early studio pots by Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie and Norah Braden, 1929-33
Stoneware and porcelain bowl by Lucie Rie, 1970s
  • 'Cawl' bowls were made in the Llanelli factory to sell in Wales. 'Cawl' was the staple diet for families in the country or towns; it consists of a clear soup made of boiled meat, vegetables with ample chopped parsley. The bowl is decorated with sponge decoration. The pottery made in the factory at this time was of poor quality, which had a tendency to 'craze' into fine cracks. Dimensions: height 7.7cm, diameter 16cm.
'Cawl' or soup bowl from Llanelli Pottery, early 20th century
  • Samian vessels. This glossy red tableware - mostly bowls, plates and cups - was imported in large quantities into Britain from Gaul in the first and second centuries AD. It is commonly found on Roman Sites in Britain. Caerleon, 'City of the Legion', was known to the Romans as Isca. Established in AD 74 or 75, Isca was one of the three permanent legionary bases in Roman Britain: the other two were at Chester (Deva) and York (Eberacum). The fortress, sited at the lowest bridging-point across the River Usk, held a key position in the military road system in South Wales. Its garrison, as inscriptions tell us, was legio II Augusta, a body of heavy infantry comprising well over 5,000 men. The legion finally departed from Caerleon at the end of the third century.
Roman samian vessels from Caerleon
Marble bowl from the 'Bronze Bell' wreck, early 18th century [image 1 of 2]