56 DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AMD ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 27. 



xiii. a. 



Br. 28. 



xiii. a. 



xiii. a. 



Br. 29. 



Br. 30. 



Lord's Dorvn, Dewlish. 



A very good dagger, sin. long. It re- 

 tains its two rivets. It is ornamented with 

 the usual converging sets of parallel lines. 

 But, besides this, the space between the 

 two sets of lines is dotted thickly over with 

 minute punched superficial holes. It is 

 described and figured in Warne's Celtic 

 Tumuli of Dorset, Pt. i. p. 50, and plate of 

 weapons. 



Boveridge House, Cranborne. 



A very fine, although broken dagger, 

 i3in. long, ornamented with the usual 

 lines. It is remarkably free from patina, 

 and is of a copper colour. Towards the 

 point there are remains of what looks much 

 like gilding. As to this golden appearance, 

 however, Sir J. Evans says of a large 

 dagger found at Woodyates, by Sir R. C. 

 Hoare, : " This blade, like many others, 

 is described as having been gilt, but this 

 can hardly have been the case. Dr. Thur- 

 man has tested such brilliantly polished 

 surfaces for gold, but found no traces of 

 that metal." (Ancient Bronze Implements, 

 Ed. i, p. 236.) 



Boveridge House. 



A small imperfect dagger or knife, 4^in. 

 long. 



Fordington. 



A dagger imperfect at both ends, but 

 interesting from its showing the impression 

 of the rim of the sheath in the oxide. 



With the 



Wame 



Collection. 



Lent by H. 



W. Brouncker, 



Esq. 



Do. 



Presented by 



the 

 Rev. H. Moule. 



