Armstrong — Catalogue of Silver and Ecclesiastical Antiquihs. 297 



35. Silver penannular brooch of similar type ; the pin-head is broken at 

 the top. The pin is 7 \ inches long, and the ring is 4§ inches in breadth. 

 The brooch weighs 6 oz. 12 dwts. 20 grs. It was formerly in the Sirr Collec- 

 tion (no. 21). 



36. " Portions of ring of fibula." (Unidentified.) 



37. No particulars of this object are given except its weight — 3 oz. 5 dwts. 

 4 grs. — and that it is no. 39 Dawson Collection. Under 39 Dawson Collection 

 it is described as a small fibula, and the weight given as 1 oz. 8| grs. 

 (Unidentified.) 



38. Silver penannular brooch. This brooch belongs to the well-known so- 

 called " thistle type," the pin-head and ring-bosses being decorated on one 

 side with numerous small spikes, and on the other with curved and rectilinear 

 patterns. The pin measures 10|- inches long, and the ring is 3| inches broad. 

 The brooch weighs 7 oz. 7 dwts. 13 grs. For particulars of its purchase, see 

 Proceedings B.I. A., vol. vi, p. xiv of Appendix. Brooches of this type belong 

 to the Viking period ; they have been found in the Cuerdale hoard, and may 

 be dated to the tenth century. 



39. Silver penannular " thistle " brooch of similar type. In this case the 

 thistle ornament covers both sides of the bosses and pin-head, which is slightly 

 broken. The pin is lOf inches long, and the ring is 4| inches in breadth. 

 The brooch weighs 11 oz. 13 dwts. 10 grs. 



40. Silver penannular "thistle" brooch of similar type. The pin, which 

 is slightly ornamented in the centre of the shank, is 10 inches long, and the 

 ring is 4f inches broad. The brooch weighs 12 oz. 18 dwts. 8 grs., and was 

 found " near Mr. Deese's place, county of Kildare." It is figured B. I. A. 

 Celtic Christian Guide, 2nd ed., p. 30, fig. 35. 



41. Head of very lai-ge " thistle " brooch. It measures 4| inches long, and 

 weighs 9 oz. 9 dwts. 11 grs. It is stated to have been found in County 

 Kilkenny, and was purchased with number 38. If the rest of the brooch 

 was in proportion to this ring, the pin would have been 2 feet long, and the 

 diameter of the ring some 10 inches. The back of it is shown one half the 

 actual size on Plate XXVI, fig. 15. It is also figured, both sides, B. I. A. 

 Celtic Christian Guide, 2nd ed., p. 31, fig. 36. 



42. Silver ring-brooch ; the expanded portion of the ring contains raised 

 plates surrounded by an edging of interlaced work. Each plate contains a 

 diamond-shaped space filled with delicate gold filigree patterns. The con- 



. nexion of the expanded and unexpanded portions of the ring is marked by a 

 setting containing amber. The plates are joined in the centre by a circular 

 boss containing an amber setting at each end (the lower one of which is 

 missing), and a central bar which contained interlaced work. The head of 



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