24th April 2011, 07:56 PM
First one at first appears Roman...acanthus leaves around the rim is a regular aspect of Samian types. The `Griffin` is reasonably unusual for Britain...the quality of the carving overall seems to be of a higher standard to that expected during the Romano-British. Could this `frieze?` frag be Neo-classical? Or Roman-period but made outside of western Europe? The second head is possibly from a face-pot but this looks a bit on the small side and the colour-coating is very unusual for a pipe-clay figurine. The third seems to be 18th century in date as the flourishing type-script doesn`t generally fit with the Roman style. Context?:face-approve: