Roman Pottery Bibliograhpy - J.R.P.S. Vol 3, page 116

Study Group for Roman Pottery (SGRP) SGRP Homepage Journal of Roman Pottery Studies Volume 3, 1990 Edited by Rob Perrin Roman Pottery Bibliography - Page 116 Edited by R. P. Symonds, with indexes by J R. Perrin (see bottom)
Bayerischen Landesamts für Denkmalpflege, Aussenstelle Augsburg, und der Stadt Neuäss, 25 Juni bis 2 Oktober 1988, Neuäss, 1988. exc,col,syn/ptp,kln,trd/lst-4th/usf ets/occ/mro/lcl/eqp/painted wares/Raetian ware The guidebook accompanying a very substantial exhibition on pottery manufacture in Schwabia, in southern Germany. Although more than half of the book is devoted to pottery made earlier or later than the Roman period, the 56 pages devoted Roman wares are full of interesting material. There are very clear photographs (including some in colour) of local coarse wares, including tazze and spouted jugs, a mica-gilt beaker, ‘hairpin’-barbotine- decorated Raetian beakers, rouletted and roughtcast beakers, and samian ware, with locally produced ware from the end of the 2nd century - including a photograph of a kiln, and illustrations of potters’ tools, kiln furniture and waster dumps. Remarkably, the idea of samian ware also seems to have been idolized by local potters of the 16th-17th century: a finely decorated painted ballester-like jug is illustrated with an impressed stamp on it marked "Terra sigillata"! 607 David, P & Blaszkiewicz, P, ‘Estampilles sur céramique gallo- beige en Normandie. Ier/IIe siècle’, Société Francaise d’Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Actes du Congrès de Caen, 28-31 mai, 1987, 1987, 51-67. exc,syn/---/lst-2nd blg/tng/trb/stv (stamps only for all types) A detailed study of stamps on Gallo-Belgic wares found in Normandy The majority are found to have been made either at the workshops of the Vesle Valley (see entry no. 604) or at Vertault, near Châtillon-sur-Seine (Côte-d’Or), although these centres appear to have had some connections with each other. The paper is supplemented by a number of tables detailing aspects of the stamps and their distribution, and there is considerable discussion of the comparative chronology and distribution of the wares from the respective production centres, as well as on the nature of trade in pottery during the period in question. 608 Déchelette, J, Les Vases Céramiques Ornés de la Gaule Romaine, Revue Arch. Sites Hors-série (no. 1), 1979 (in five volumes - the original, published in 1904, was in two volumes). syn,col/---/lst-3rdftyp sts/cts/ccc/pff/cgg/eqp (moulds;poincons)/samian stamps Basically a bound (soft-covered) set of photocopies taken from an original of this fundamental work. I am reliably informed that the copy used belonged originally to Felix Oswald, whose notes therefore appear occasionally in the margins - RPS). The reproduction is not marvellous, but it is entirely adequate for study purposes. This book is fundamental not simply for the pottery which it illustrates, but more importantly for its understanding of the nature of Roman pottery manufacture, upon which most modem research is based. It is ‘Proustian’ in its magnitude and in the magnitude of its impact on its field (and of course it was roughly contemporary with A la Recherche du Temps Perdu!). 609 Demarolle, J, ‘Trois décors de Saturninus-Stto: un type de discours iconographique’, Revue Arch. de l’Est et du Centre-Est Tome XXX VflI, fasc. 1-2, Mélanges offerts à Marcel Lutz, 1987, 35-42. col,syn/---/lst-mid 2nd ets A rather philosophical discussion of the evolution of the		language of mythological motifs in mould-decorated samian, with specific reference to the theme of Ulysses and Polyphemus expressed by the Satto-Saturninus groups of potters. In essence this is a study of how samian ware was used as a means of telling a story, and how the story is compressed into small, symbolic figures on bowls. The work has implications for the study of mould-decorated samian from many sources. 610 Desbat, A, ‘Céramiques romaines à glaçure plombifère de Lyon et de Vienne’, Société Francaise d’Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Actes du Congrès de Toulouse, 9-11 mai 1986, 1986, 33-39. exc,syn/mjc/late 1st BC-lst half of 2nd AD cgg/glz A short paper on lead-glazed wares found in the Rhône Valley: entry no. 611 is a longer, more detailed publication of the same work, although not all of the illustrations are repeated in the latter paper. See also entry no. 676. 611 Desbat, A, ‘Céramiques romaines à glacure plombifère des fouilles de Lyon (Hauts-de-Saint-Just, Rue des Farges, La Solitude)’, Figlina 7, 1986, 105-124. exc,syn/mjc/late 1st BC-lst half of 2nd AD/seq cgg/glz "Abstract: Appearing on the Lyons sites as soon as the late 1st century BC, the lead-glazed wares can be classified in 3 groups: the Augustan wares, scene of which seem to have been produced locally; wares from the centre of Gaul which lasted through the whole of the 1st century AD; and a third group characterized by an often bicoloured glaze and original forms, which appeared in Lyons during the first half of the 2nd century. This last group of wares, the most numerous, are found on many sites from Spain to Italy. Their origin has often been debated; an Italian origin now seems certain." Lead-glazed wares seem generally rather less rare in central and southern Gaul than they are in Britain. This paper catalogues and illustrates a broader range of central Gaulish types than has previously been available, as well as the less well-known (in Britain) Lyons and Italian types. See also entry nos. 610 & 676. 612 Desbat, A, ‘Note sur la production d’amphores à Lyon au debut de l’empire’, Société Françaase d’Etude de la Céramique Antique en Gaule, Actes du Congrès de Caen, 28-31 mai, 1987, 1987, 159-165. exc,syn/mjc/1st BC-early 2nd AD/typ amp/asg A short paper on amphora production at Lyons. The types involved are: (1) types similar to Dressel 1; (2) to Dressel 2/4; (3) to Dressel 28; (4) to Haltern 70; and (5) to Dressel 9 or 10 (often called ‘Dr 9-type’). Among the Haltern 70-type examples are what would now in Britain be called London 555-type. All of these have a pale white or light buff fabric. This is undoubtedly the beginning of a revolution in the understanding of amphora production, since almost all of these types were thought previously to have originated elsewhere, for example in Italy or southern Spain. 613 Desbat, A & Picon, M, ‘Sigillée claire B et ‘luisante" :classification et provenance’, Figlina 7, 1986, 5-18. exc,col,chm,syn/ptp,trd/l50-end of 3rd/typ tsg/nfc/orc/mrb Normally discussions of the "imitation samian" wares known as ‘sigillée claire B’ and ‘sigillée luisante’ (?metallic) could happily be omitted from the Bibliography, since these are wares made and distributed almost exclusively in the

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