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spring-coil and the knobs being then not conveniently combined, 

 the knobs got a separate axis of their own, independent of the 

 arrangement of the pin. 



I have observed this construction in a great number of Nor- 

 wegian brooches which have the axis of the knobs placed either 

 just behind the spring-coil or a little above it (figs. 36 and Sl). 1 ) 

 It is found, too, among the best and largest specimens. and it is 

 sometimes preserved at a very late stage of development. But as 



the separate axis of 

 the knobs has no prac- 

 tical purpose, it is re- 

 placed by projections 

 from the edges of the 

 plate, as seen in fig. 

 38. 2 ) Concluding from 

 my OAvn observations I 

 should think that this 

 arrangement has been 

 rarely used; it must be 

 confessed, however, that 

 the corrosion of the 

 bronze often makes it 

 difficult to discern a 

 detail of this sort. Dr. 

 Hildebkaxd has men- 

 tioned it as a fact of 

 importance to the study 

 of the development. 

 And certainly, from the 

 proceeding of placing 

 the two knobs upon 

 projections from the 

 sides of the plate it is 

 a small step to the next stage of development, vis. to east the 

 whole upper part of the brooch in one piece. 



With this change is flnished the development of the practical 



Fig. 37. Vi- 



J ) Fig. 36: Norway (locality tmknown). B. 428. -- Fig. 37: Høiland, 

 Nordre Undal pgd. Mandal. C. 17990. Ab. 1895, p. 66. 



2 ) Kvalen, nordre Fron pgd. Gudbrandsdalen. C. 5700. Ab. 1871, p. 95. 



