MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object, 



Locality, Sec. 



How procured. 



Br. 195. 



Br. 196. 



xvi. 



Br. 197, 



are pierced and each carries a little wire 

 eye. Two of these eyes have, and doubt- 

 less the third has had, rings inserted. 

 Lastly, the tube, which is slightly orna- 

 mented, has three small holes, in one of 

 which a pin remains. Doubtless the 

 others also had pins. Is it possible that 

 these pin-holes were to allow of the 

 fastening of a thin wooden rod fitting into 

 the pipe, and serving as a handle ? 



Further, may the rings have carried little 

 " hawks-bells," and may the whole thing 

 have been a child's rattle ? 



Dorchester. 



An imperfect rod, 2%'m. long and fin. 

 thick. Its perfect end looks as if the 

 whole thing is a model of a battering ram. 

 The shank has very shallow but note- 

 worthy ornament, consisting of three bands 

 of arches. Just possibly this thing may 

 have been the handle of a knife. 



Dorchester. 



A fragment of pretty stout bronze plate 

 i fin. long, in. broad at one end, iin. 

 broad at the other. This thing, imperfect and 

 seeming to be bent out of shape, may just 

 possibly be part of the handle of a vessel. 



Orchard Street, Dorchester. 



Two spur frames, one almost perfect, 

 the other a fragment. They are catalogued 

 here with the utmost doubt, for some, 

 perhaps most, antiquaries think them to 

 be post-Roman. 



With the Hogg 



Loan 

 Collection. 



Do. 



Do. 



