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 Pottery. 381 are of the nature of mugs {Fig. 465) ; others are rather tall cups, with a long handle arching over the lip (Fig. 466), and in all likelihood served to draw the wine from the crater. The last of this division is a goblet with a long stem and two handles ; in shape not unlike a champagne glass. It doubtless was brought out and sent round the board at festive banquets (Fig. 467). These few types suffice to show that the Mycenian ceramist had a refined taste, and was by no means destitute of the Fig. 463.— Three-footed vase. Heieht of handle, 1$ c. inventive faculty. Any one may judge for himself of the truth of our words by turning to MM. Furtwingler's and Loeschke's plate, where will be found, on a reduced scale, the leading forms which they met on their path. The plate contains as many as 1 20 specimens, and they cite others for which they could find no room. All these vases, not excepting the false-necked amphora, are endowed with good shapes, which fitted them for domestic uses, hence they have been adopted by the clever and refined potters of the classic age. True, the latter have disappeared ; but the fact is probably due to some whim of fashion, or change in the habits