Gallo-Belgic ware

Gallo-Belgic ware [Ar].
Vessels imported from Gaul in the late 1st century bc and early 1st century ad, usually in black or silver-grey fabrics (TERRA NIGRA), or white fabric coated with red slip (TERRA RUBRA), or a dense white or cream fabric like pipeclay. Close British imitations of these fabrics and forms are known, and further copying of the forms was wide-spread. The imported vessels often have the name of the potter stamped on the inner surface of the base, a practice imitated in but usually with illegible markings.