94 DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



No. of 



C;ist'. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



xiii.*. 



xiii. b. 



Br. 209. 



Br. 210. 



Br. 211. 



Br. 212. 



Br. 213. 



Near Cranborne (?). 



Handle of a vase, sin. long. 



Holwell, near Cranborne. 



Fragment of twisted wire, perhaps part 

 of a torque. 



South Street, Dorchester. 



Ladle for dipping up wine, ift. long. 

 The end of the handle is hooked and 

 fashioned into two ducks' heads, one 

 slightly imperfect. The hook, doubtless, 

 was for hanging the ladle to the rim of the 

 large wine bowl, when out of use. 



Norton, Dorset. 



Base of a vase, of brownish bronze, 

 quite without patina. From its weight it 

 may in part be of lead, with a thin coating 

 of bronze, applied in some way which is 

 hard to understand. The remnant of stem 

 is cast hollow, the metal hardly i-i6th in. 

 thick. The base consists of a disk rounded 

 at the edge, or rather, brought to a blunt 

 curved edge, disk about in. in section. 

 Above and below this disk has a circular 

 fillet about 2in. across. A fine casting. The 

 disk has three minute holes drilled through 

 it, in a row. It is difficult to explain them. 



Near Wareham. 



With defaced coins, 1859. Two frag- 

 ments of a lamp. The thin, much damaged 

 bowl is 3^in. across at its widest part, but 

 narrows in at the top. The flat upper 

 portion is also damaged. It consists of a 

 disk jin. across, with a in. wick-opening 



Given by 

 Dr. Smart. 



Do. 



With the 



General 



Collection. 



Given by 



the late Earl of 



Shaftesbury. 



With the 



General 



Collection. 



