Lachrymatories

In illustration of the question as to the *probable* use of those small vases so commonly found in sepulchral monuments, I extract the following from *Wayfaring Sketches among the Greeks and Turks*. 2d edit. Introduction, pp. 6, 7. London: Chapman, 1849. "The poorest of the sepulchres is certain to contain (in Greece) at least a few of these beautiful vases, the lachrymatories, &c. * * * * * When found in the graves of females, their form would generally seem to indicate that they had been used for containing scents, and other requisites of the toilet; in one that was found not long since, the…