84 DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN RRONZE OBJECTS. 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



auii. 4. 



Br. 158. 



Br. 159. 



xiii. b. 



Br. 159. 



Cornwall Road, Dorchester. 



A slight fibula, with a flat, narrow, gently 

 curved bow. The pin is perfect, but the 

 rivet is gone. 



Near Charminster. 



Probably at the northern end of the 

 parish in a field adjoining the road to 

 Godmanston, west of that road. Here a 

 handsome tessellated floor was found in 

 1891. A pair of tweezers (Br. 245) is from 

 the same spot. They are in this case. 

 This fibula (159) is by far the best in the 

 Dorset Museum. In shape it is of the 

 common cross-headed, flattish bowed type, 

 and is quite perfect. But in decoration it 

 stands alone in this Museum, for it is 

 parcel-gilt and on the bow has three 

 diamond-shaped bezils, two having blue 

 enamel and the middle one red. 



Somerleigh Court Garden, Dorchester. 



Bow of a fibula, 2 Jin. long not following 

 the bold curve. This bow is made of a 

 thin strip of bronze, rolled over so as to be 

 convex outwardly, flattish within. The 

 plate or flange on which was the catch 

 seems to be brazed between the meeting 

 edges of the plate forming the bow. At 

 the other end a strip of very thin bronze is 

 rivetted on to the outer surface of the bow. 

 This strip is imperfect. It seems to have 

 formed part of the joint uniting the pin to 

 the bow, or possibly it may have had to do 

 with the spring. 



Given by 

 G. Mitchell, 



Given by Sir 

 K. Edgcuuibe. 



