British Museum, Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · London : C. Knight · leaf 168
y years ago in a sand-pit on Wavendon-heath, in Bucking- hamshire. An amphora was found in 1798 in the peat on Mauldon-moor, in Bedfordshire. One was found about the year 1800 in the park at Woburn Abbey, and another in the year 1833, an account of which was communicated to the Society of Antiqua-… … the ancients were transferred was called Previous to depositing the amphorae in the apotheca, it was usual to put upon them a label or mark indicative of the vintages, and of the names of the consuls in authority at the time, in order that, when they were taken out, their age and growth might be…
Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 · British Museum · Sculpture, Classical
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