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form type, though it is always rarer than the round one. More 

 interesting is the development of the square plate. From the fol- 

 lowing four figures 1 ) we see how the plate is gradually made 

 larger, probably to give a better room for the ornaments placed 

 here. Sometimes the extended plate is plain as before, sometimes it 

 has preserved a higher middle part as a rudiment of the original 

 connexion between the bow and the knob (cfr. fig. 30). The ex- 

 tension of the plate seems to be no practical improvement and y 

 as the spring-coil always is very short as before, there even arise 

 some difficnlties respecting the fixing of the knobs upon the axis. 

 In the brooehes ligs. 27 — 29, the knobs are placed at the back of the 

 plate and partly covered by it, but this arrangement must have been felt 



Fig. 28. Vi- 



Fig. 29. 



unsatisfactory, as we see that there were at the same time made 

 several experiments to bring about a closer connexion between the 

 plate and the knobs. For this purpose the axis is made so long that 



2 ) Fig. 26: Gjedsfjorden, Herø pgd. Nordland. Lorange: N. Olds. iB. M. 

 p. 113; Rygh: fig. 248. Fig. 27: Ølånd. Stockholm Mus. The cliché for 

 this figure is kindly afforded hy dr. 0. Almgren, Stockholm. Fig. 28 and 29 : 

 Nordre Fevang, Sandeherred pgd. Larvik. C. 7027 and 7028. Ah. 1874, p. 143, 

 pl. V, fig. 24 and 25. - — Concluding from such hrooches as figs. 27 — 29 I can 

 not agree with dr. Hildebrånd's opinion as to the reason regarding the ex- 

 tension of the plate. The plate is evidently not extended to suite the fastening- 

 of the knobs. Compare dr. Hildebrand 1. c. p. 202. 



