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DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



Xo. of 



Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



xiii. a. 

 xiii. b. 

 xiii. b. 



Br. 44. 



Br. 45. 



Br. 46. 



Br. 46a. 



Locality, &c. 



Holwell, Cranborne. 



Needle, 2^in. long ; eye damaged. 



Fifehead Neville. 



Two plain pins, one without its head. 



Dorchester. 



This large pin is a puzzle. It is y^in. 

 long, but has probably been gin. The 

 shaft is |in. thick. At 3in. from the head, 

 there is (apparently an original part of the 

 shaft) a narrow, flat, lozenge-shaped piece 

 of bronze attached to the shaft. The 

 lozenge is if in. long. Opposite the lower 

 end of the lozenge is a small eye. Down 

 to this eye the shaft is covered with en- 

 graved ornament, mostly chevron, very 

 shallow and delicate. The flat head iin. 

 across, is extraordinary. Underneath it is 

 plain. Above it is adorned with concentric 

 ornaments in relief. Outeimost is a circle 

 of small conical projections, then one of 

 ten little circular fillets, then two fillet 

 concentric circles, and in the middle a 

 little cone. This very strange object is 

 thought to be a hair pin. The eye may be 

 for a string to keep it in place. As regards 

 size, it may be noted that at Coblenz there 

 are, or of late years have been, in use, hair- 

 pins quite as long, or very nearly so, but 

 flat. They are called Pfeile. 



Dorchester. 



Imperfect large pin, or perhaps nail, 

 consisting of a bronze half globular head 

 fin. wide, and an iron shank |in. thick, 



How procured. 



Given by 

 Dr. Smart. 



Given by 

 C. Conuop, Esq. 



With the 



General 



Collection. 



With the Hogg 



Loan 

 Collection. 



