64 DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



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shallow transverse mouldings, viz. : A 

 cavetto bordered on each side by two 

 fillets. In three places this group of 

 mouldings comes singly. At the fourth 

 place it is doubled, with an interval of fin. 

 between. And in this space there is a 

 break, whether accidental or intentional 

 may be a little doubtful. But most likely 

 it was intentional, and each end of the 

 penannular bracelet in that case probably 

 had a slight enlargement or knob, of which 

 some sign remains. The four divisions of 

 the outside plate are differently and elabor- 

 ately ornamented. The first to the left of 

 the break, as the bracelet stands, is filled 

 with diagonally crossing close lines. The 

 second has similar lines further apart. In 

 the lozenge shaped spaces thus formed are 

 quatrefoils. The third may be described 

 as also having a sort of cris-cross effect, 

 but produced not by lines, but by what 

 seem to be two rows of leaves with their 

 points meeting, or slightly overlapping. 

 On these little leaves minute lines are 

 made. The fourth is bordered along each 

 edge by a row of diagonal lines. Between 

 these is a row of lozenges, in the middle of 

 each of which is another lozenge bearing a 

 quatrefoil. In each of the outer half 

 lozenges is a minute circle. Of this 

 elaborate ornament, the main features 

 seem to have been cast with the plate. 

 The slight lines appear to have been en- 



