1906] The eruciform brooches of Norway. 107 
England. In the specimen fig. 1281) the knobs are provided with 
flat projections whose origin may probably be found in the circum- 
stanee that in some cases the axis of the spring-coil projected 
somewhat from the top of the side-knobs, and this peculiarity is 
also in some instances imitated when the knobs were cast in one 
piece with the brooch (as seen in the figure NEvILLE, pl. 8, no. 116). 
Fig. 1928. 
And when once formed, such flat projections were only in too good 
accordance with the Anglo-Saxon taste not to be enlarged at the 
expence of the moulded knobs. Stages of this process are seen in 
1) Soham, Cambs. Brit. Mus. From a sketch by the author. 
