DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 9. 



xvii. 



Br. 10. 



Br. 11. 



Br. 12. 



Fontmel Down. Ploughed tip. 



This is a good palstave of finely curved 

 outline. Its edge is 3in. wide not follow- 

 ing the curve. Unfortunately, a piece of 

 the edge is broken away. On one side 

 there is a rat's-tail ridge, on the other 

 three small ones converging. And the 

 edges of the sides of the blade are brought 

 up into slight flanges. There has not been 

 an ear. 



Same Locality. 



This is smaller and less ornamented 

 than Br. 9, but with a great likeness to it. 

 No ear. Both 9 and 10 are free from 

 oxide. 



Rew, Winterborne St. Martin. 



A good specimen of a style of palstave 

 differing from others in these collections. 

 The shoulder is not a ridge uniting the 

 flanges or wings. The flange which 

 widens downwards is curved round to 

 make a deep shoulder and then tapers up 

 the opposite edge. Again, the faces of 

 the blade are convex, not flat as usual. 

 They are unornamented. This palstave 

 has, unfortunately, been a good deal 

 filed and brightened up. The ear is per- 

 fect. 



Winterborne Steeple ton. 



A palstave with wing-shaped flanges and 

 deep flat bedded shoulder. The blade is 

 adorned with a rat's-tail ridge on each 

 face. The ring is broken. 



With the 



Cunniiigton 

 Collection. 



Do. 



Lent by Sir K. 

 Edgcumbe. 



Presented by 

 T. Wood, Esq. 



