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DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 





No. of 



(as,-. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



XV. 



xvi. 



Br. 165. 



Br. 166. 

 Br. 167. 

 Br. 168. 



Br. 169. 



xvi. 



Br. 170. 

 Br. 171. 



Wollaslon Field, Dorchester. 



A good spoon, with the characteristic 

 curve joining the bowl to the pointed 

 handle. 



Dorchester. 



A very small key, iin. long. 



Dorchester. 



An aurist's instrument. (?) See Br. 206. 



Wollaston Field, Dorchester. 



A bronze fragment ijin. long, with an 

 oblong hole through it. Use ? 



Fordington Field, Dorchester. 



A curious thing of uncertain use. It is 

 a roughly heptagonal tube, iin. long, fin. 

 in bore. On three of the faces it is 

 curiously adorned with two parallel lines of 

 minute triangular dots. Close to one end 

 projects at right angles a thin flange, fin. 

 long, in. wide. On it are scratched VX. 

 At the outer edge the flange bears a thin 

 round rod, tapering and imperfect. It is 

 slightly curved, but runs nearly parallel to 

 the tube. This tube at the end by the 

 flange is partially closed. At the other end 

 a very slight, narrow strip of bronze divides 

 the bore into halves. 



Fordington Field, Dorchester. 



A stud, with shank imperfect, fin. across. 



A risk Mill, East Lulworih. 



A very rude figure of a cock, about 2 in. 

 each way. On its back is a small narrow 

 flower pot-shaped receptacle. It is sug- 

 gested that this thing may be an ornament 



With the 

 Cunnington 

 Collection. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



With the Hogg 



Loan 

 Collection. 



Do. 

 Do. 



