File:Mainz. sigillata. Curle, 1917, p. 138, fig.8.jpg

English: Sigillata from Mainz, Germany. In James Curle, 1917, p. 138, fig. 8. Curle says about it :
« cup found in Mainz (fig. 8), is distinguished by a rather heavy overhanging rim. Beneath it there is an ornamental band, of which the chief feature is a line of rosettes, and below it the usual decorative frieze, in which cranes stand grouped among tall flowering water-plants; a border of palmettes alternating with rosettes forms the lower margin of the frieze. In this design we again trace the debt of the potters to the metal-workers: it belongs to the class of decoration which in its origin has frequently been attributed to the work of Alexandrian silversmiths. »