Vol. VI, No. I.) 



[N.S.] 



Fashion in Iron Styles 



7 



The fourth series on plate xx is composed of the following 



pens now to be described : 



Fig. 



Fig. 

 Fio. 



Fig. 

 Fig. 



Fig. 



22. 



23. 



24. 

 25. 



20. 



27. 



Type 

 Type 



Tvpe 

 Type 

 Type 

 T v pe 



12. 

 12. 



13. 

 13. 



14. 



15. 



Style No. 

 Stylo No. 

 Style No. 

 Style No. 

 Style No. 

 Style No. 



10S4!>. 

 107611. 



10667, 

 107.30, 



10807. 

 10766, 



from 

 from 

 from 



from 

 from 



from 



the Kistua District. 



the Nellore District 



Malabar. 



the Madura District. 



the Kistna District 



the Xrllore District. 



Type 12. 



Departing from the last type in the direction of type 



No. 9 are the following pens constructed 

 as in figures 22 and 23. It will be 

 noticed that they all belong to the Districts which have supplied 

 type 9 (figs. 13-15), except No. 10769 (fig. 23) which came from 

 a more southern District, and differ- in being half of brass. 



District of Origin. 



length in 

 Indies. 



Vizagapatam 



Vizagapatam 



Nellore 



Kistna, Attili 



Vizagapatam 



Kistna. Mogalter ran^re 



Average 



10756 

 J 0755 



10769 



10851 

 1075* 

 1084H 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 



' 



Distance 



in inches of 



the Centre of 



Gravity from 



the tip. 



5 



2 



H 



2| 





H 



5J 



:i 



6{ 



H 



n 



2'75 



.vim; 





Hie next type has a bulb on the stem, solid generally, 



T but in one of the specimens it it 



ype ' hollow. Often the stem of styles of thig 



type is ornamented prettily with bidri work. The examples 



in the Indian Museum are arranged in the next table by 



length; and two are drawn in figures 24 and 25. 



