470 The Grave-mounds of Derbyshire, and their Contents. 



fragments of iron, and portions of two bone combs. The 

 draughtsmen, as they are supposed to be, and the combs bad 

 been burnt with the body. Querns have occasionally been 

 found in Saxon barrows. 



Of glass vessels I have already mentioned the finding of 

 some examples, but it is necessary also to note the curious disco- 

 very of the glass cup here shown, and 

 which, from the care which had been 

 taken in inclosing it in a wooden box 

 must have been no little prized by the 

 deceased lady. The cup, of thick 

 green glass, a bone comb, some small 

 instruments of iron, a piece of perforated bone, and a necklace 

 with pendant ornaments, with other articles, were found in- 

 closed in a box or casket, made of ash wood half an inch in 

 thickness, with two hinges, and a small lock, which had, when 

 placed in the grave, been carefully wrapped in woollen cloth. 

 The interment was in many respects a highly interesting one. 



The pottery of the Anglo-Saxon grave-mounds and ceme- 

 teries consists almost entirely of cinerary urns. These were 

 undoubtedly, like those of the ancient Britons, made near the 

 places .where the remains have been discovered, and, as a 

 natural consequence, usually from clays found in the neighbour- 

 hood of the place. The form of the cinerary urns is somewhat 

 peculiar. Instead of being wide at the mouth, like the Celtic 



