CLASPS AND BtfCKLES. 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 105. 



Br. 106. 



are apparently roughly cast, and intended 

 to have been filed smooth, which was 

 never done. 96 is penannular. 103 is too 

 large to be a finger ring. (Both 96 and 

 103 are very likely brooches minus their 

 pins). 



Dorchester. 



" Found upon a skeleton." This ring is 

 rather prettily ornamented. 



Dorchester, Beggars' Knap. 



Found in a patera beside a skeleton. 

 This is a very simple penannular ring, bent 

 out of shape. 



With the Hogg 



Loan 

 Collection. 



Do. 



vii.-CLASPS AND BUCKLES. 



No. of 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 107. 



Beggars' Knap, Dorchester. 



A clasp or buckle not easy to describe, 

 and to which various dates have been 

 ascribed, from pre-Roman to Saxon. 

 (Roman. Franks.) It is of cast bronze, 

 3fin. long, if in. broad, oblong, with semi- 

 circular ends. At the middle of each end 

 is a little circular projection in the same 

 plane. On each side of each of these pro- 

 jections are similar ones, pierced so as to 

 form what may be two eyelets at each end. 

 Each end has within it a projection so 



With the 

 Cuiiningtoii 

 Collection. 



