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Fig. 22. Two-pronged fork with ivory handle. 



Fig. 23. Ivory handle probably of fork, with stain of bronze on 

 one side. 



Fig. 24. Very short handle of knife or fork, with a good deal of the 

 metal remaining. 



Fig. 25. Handle with a little of the metal remaining. 



Fig. 26. Handle broken at end and showing thread of screw by which 

 the metal was held in. 



The forks were small two-pronged iron forks, and the 

 handles, which were of ivory or bone, were either smoothly 

 tapering or fluted, or curved round into a small protuberance 

 at the end to give a firm hold. It is not clear whether any 

 of the handles were intended for knives, as no blades have 

 been preserved. 



Pottery. 



What strikes one in going over any fairly large collection 

 of late mediaeval pottery is its great variety, especially where it 



