were known as [Greek: chutroplathoi], [Greek:
lekuthopoioi], and so on.

Over a hundred names of artists are known, found on some five hundred
vases. They go back to about 700 B.C., the earliest names being found
on Corinthian and Boeotian vases; but the majority of the signatures
are found on Attic black- and red-figured wares. Some, such as
Andocides, made vases in which the two methods are combined. The best
known is Nicosthenes, whose signature occurs eighty times. The
ordinary forms of signature are four--(1) [Greek: ho deina epoiesen];
(2) [Greek: ho deina hegrapsen ]; (3) [Greek: ho deina hegrapse kahi
epoiesen]; (4) A [Greek: hegrapse]. B [Greek: epoiesen]. Where [Greek:
epoiese] alone occurs (as in a signature of Euxitheus), it probably
refers to the master of the pottery who designed the vase and
superintended its production; in other cases the share of the actual
artist is clearly indicated. Some artists, such as Duris and Makron,
sign [Greek: hegrapse] alone; in all cases, the form of signature
affords us a useful guide to their style.

Space forbids the discussion of other inscriptions found on vases,
which include those descriptive of subjects or persons, ejaculations
uttered by the figures, convivial exclamations, or the [Greek: kalos]
names discussed below; all these are painted on the designs
themselves. There is also another class of _graffiti_ inscriptions,
which includes those incised by the owners with their names and
memoranda scratched under the foot, probably made by the potter or his
workmen relating to the number of vases in a batch or "set" and their
price.

_Vitreous and Lead-glazed Wares_.--In Greek tombs a class of pottery
is often found which approximates, more in appearance to porcelain,
but, though often spoken of by that name, it is not porcelain at all,
but is analogous to the Egyptian glazed faience, of which it is in
point of fact an imitation. It is distinguished by the white gritty
material of which it is made, largely composed of sand, and forming
what is sometimes known as "frit" from its semi-vitreous consistency.
The surface is covered with a glaze, usually of a pale blue or cream
colour, but other colours such as a manganese-purple or brown are
sometimes found. Some of the earliest examples of this ware have been
found in Mycenaean tombs at Enkomi in Cyprus, in the form of vases
moulded in the shape