CLASPS AND BUCKLES. 



75 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 108 

 to 114. 



xvi. 



Br. 115 

 to 117. 



Br. 



hard to understand what the studs were 

 for. 



With the buckle, there is a letter from 

 Sir A. Franks, who says that this buckle is 

 of the utmost rarity. He gives a slight 

 sketch of one of two brooches found at 

 South Shields. This South Shields speci- 

 men seems to be very much like the one 

 here. The three are the only specimens 

 known to Franks. He pronounces them 

 to be Roman. 



Dorchester. 



Buckles not calling for detailed notice. 

 Br. no, is of the regular make, with a 

 tongue or pin. All the rest are without a 

 pin, having only a cross bar. Br. 1 1 1 and 

 1 1 2 are imperfect, 1 1 1 so much so as to 

 make it doubtful whether it is a buckle or 

 not. All are probably Roman. 



Fordington Field and Dorchester. 



Three bar buckles like those in the last 

 group, but larger. 115 is square, 1 1 6 

 dice box shaped, with a bluntly pointed 

 projection at each end. This is adorned 

 with a line across from side to side, and 

 another from the point at right angles to 

 the cross line. 1 1 7 is a double oval, like 

 a figure of 8. 108 is much like it, but 

 smaller. 



Boveridge House, Cranborne. 



Fragments of a brooch of thin flat cast 

 bronze, adorned with graceful curved triple 

 lines in relief. Late Celtic, Greenwell. 



With the 

 Hogg Loan 

 Collection. 



Do. 



Lent by H. 



W. Brouucker, 



Esq. 



