A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



workmanship found at Windsor is in the collection of Sir John Evans, 

 and illustrated here by his permission (fig. 2). It is heavy enough to be of 

 value as a counterpoise, and has a gold panel let into one face, to which 

 is applied an intricate interlacing pattern in gold wire of two thicknesses. 

 The beauty of the design is made apparent by the double-size drawing of 

 the panel (fig. 2, D). 



SWQRD-HlLT FOUND AT WALLINCFORD (). 



A seal of remarkable interest and rarity, now in the national col- 

 lection, was also found at Wallingford some years ago, and described by 

 the late Sir Wollaston Franks. 1 The accompanying illustrations are full 

 size, and show, besides the two impressions of the seal, the front of the 

 bone matrix with an oval projection serving as a handle and carved in 

 high relief, perhaps with a representation of the Trinity. The prostrate 



1 Proc. Sue. Antiq. viii. 468. 

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