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Found in the 1950s in a field in Stretton on Dunsmore area, by a farm labourer. Grey earthenware material, typical of the Avon and Leam valley areas of Warwickshire. There was a large site at Wappenbury, just 2 miles from the find area, where they made pots of this type, so it's possible the pots were manufactured there. They would have been used for holding drinks or storing small amounts of liquid, eg oil. One has staining around the bottom which looks like a limescale deposit, which could give a clue as to what it contained or was standing in. One pot is in a beaker form, and the other is shaped more like an inverted beaker. There's a wavy decorative pattern running around the ball part of one beaker. We believe the Romans had wooden slotted trays into which the base of the pot would fit. The only glaze they had at that time was burnishing, so the pots are unglazed. The turning marks show they were made on a potter's wheel.