1906] The eruciform brooches of Norway. 125 
5th cent. * This supposition is confirmed by the ornamentation of the 
silver brooeh fig. 146, which has been, in another way, attributed 
to the same time. 
Asa basis for the further research it is necessary briefly to sketeh 
the history and the dates of another sort of brooch, namely the 
large one with å square head-plate and a rhomboidal foot, made at 
first of thin silver plate and later on cast of silver — rarely of 
Fig. 146. 1. TE 
bronze — and then ornamented with relief patterns. 'To make the 
comparison more easy I have in the following five illustrations shown 
the principal stages of the development of this form (figs. 148— 
152).') During the early stages, when the brooches were made of 
1) Fig. 148: From SaAtLIN: Thierornamentik, fig. 105, Sjælland, Denmark. 
ses AI NES MJutland: — Frø, 150: Gb. fig. 128, Skaane, Sweden. — 
Fig. 151: Ab. 1900, p. 298, fig. 4. Nordheim, Hedrum pgd. Larvik. — Fig. 152: 
Bycu fig. 257. Trygsland, Bjelland pgd. Mandal. 
