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' twisted,' which is often applied to drinking cups in the earliest Anglo- 

 Saxon poetry that has been preserved. 



" Bowls, large basins, and dishes are not unfrequently found in these 

 graves, of such elegant form that we can hardly help supposing them to 

 be of Roman manufacture ; and in one instance a bowl of apparently Ro- 

 man workmanship was found mended with what were as evidently Saxon 

 materials. Others, however, seem to be Saxon, and prove certainly that 

 the Anglo-Saxons had skilful workmen. These bowls, basins, and dishes 

 are usually of bronze, often very thickly and well gilt. The metal is 

 generally thin ; and it may be remarked, as a particular character which 

 distinguishes Anglo-Saxon workmanship from Roman, that the substance 

 is generally thin instead of being massive. The Anglo-Saxon scissors of 

 this early period resemble in form the shears of modern times, though we 

 have found one or two examples of scissors formed like those now in use, 

 "VVe have also pins s and needles, and keys,, and other small articles. 



