CHAP, x.] HOARDS OF THE BRONZE-SMITH. 387 



pattern on one side and the other perfectly smooth. A 

 fragment of a round hilt has a large oval pommel, flat on 

 the upper surface. The arrow-heads are thin triangular 

 plates of bronze, generally with a tang, some hammered, 

 others cast, and only one with a socket. A portion 

 of a horse-bit was also discovered, and three fragments 

 considered by de Mortillet to belong to a chariot. 



The collection of ornaments, intended for the most 

 part to be worn on the clothing, is of singular interest 

 and beauty, and presents designs and shapes very widely 

 distributed over Europe. The more important of them 

 are given below. 



PERSONAL ORNAMENTS. 



Bracelets . . .... . . . 214 



Torques . ' . . . ... . . . 32 



Pins. " . . ~._ . . . ... 61 



Brooch . . . . . . . 1 



Disks made of wire twisted into a spiral . . 8 



Pendants, chains, and rings . ." . . .121 



Appliques or ornamental plates of bronze . . . 57 



Buttons . ... . '' . . 183 



Ornamented Hooks . . . . - . . 3 



Clasps . . . . .. . . '. 30 



Buckle . ^ . ._, . . .-...' 1 



Round beads . . . . . . . 60 



The bracelets are either hollow or solid, of the split- 

 ring type, round or flat in section. Some have their 

 ends turned back after the manner of many of those 

 found in Britain, Germany, and Denmark, and most are 

 adorned with patterns of the kind figured above (Fig. 146, 

 1, 2, 3). One fragment, a thin rod of bronze, strongly 

 ribbed and twisted into the shape of a bow, with one 

 end twisted so as to form a spring, and the other 

 flattened to receive the pin, presents us with the most 



