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BRITISH ANTIQUITIES. 
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Latin celtis, a chisel), which appear to -have been affixed to wooden 
handles. They are arranged, according to their forms, into classes. 
Cases 21, 22. Middle Shelf. Blades of bronze daggers and knives, 
of which the handles were of wood, horn, or bone. Lower Shelf. 
Bronze swords, among which some fine specimens from the Thames ; 
and ends of sword-sheaths. 
Cases 23-25. Bronze shield found in the Isis, near Dorchester. 
Two shields found in the Thames. Bronze spear-heads, some with 
rivet holes, in which a wooden peg appears to have been fixed ; others 
without rivet holes, but with loops at the side, or piercings in the 
blade, for thongs. Bronze trumpets from Ireland. 
Cases 26-35. Early pottery found in tumuli. The larger urns 
have contained burnt ashes ; the smaller may have been used as drink- 
ing cups at the funeral feast. The most curious urn was found in a 
barrow on the banks of the river Alaw, Anglesea, and is supposed to 
have contained the ashes of Bronwen the Fair, aunt to Caractacus, who 
died about a.d. 50 ; also urns found in Jersey, Ireland, and Scotland, 
the Scotch and Irish are generally more elaborately ornamented than 
the English. Below, Roman leaden coffins from East Ham, Essex. 
In Cases 39-42 are placed various antiquities found in England, 
Scotland, and Ireland, chiefly of bronze, and characterized by a peculiar 
style of ornament, and frequently by enamel. They are probably late 
Celtic, of about the time of the Roman invasion of England. Among 
them horse-trappings and a sword found at Stanwick, in Yorkshire, 
during excavations made by the Duke of Northumberland, by whom 
they were presented ; similar trappings from Polden Hill, Somerset- 
shire, and Westhall, Suffolk. 
Table Case D. On one side miscellaneous antiquities of the Bronze 
period, and bronze implements from foreign countries ; on the other, 
a continuation of the series of late Celtic antiquities, among which are 
some remarkable shields from the Thames. 
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
These differ little from the Roman remains found in other 
countries. Some of them were no doubt imported, but the 
greater part must have been made in some of the flourishing 
cities founded in Britain by the Romans, who were more or 
less masters of this country for upwards of 400 years. 
Cases 47-51. Middle Shelf. Several groups of glass and earthen- 
ware vessels, discovered together in Roman tombs. On the upper 
a:j'l lower shelves, Roman vessels of coarse earthenware, principally era- 
ployed as cinerary urns. Over the Cases, two large amphora, the necks 
of which have been broken of! to admit urns, forming rude sarcophagi. 
Cases 52, 53. Specimens of Roman earthenware, found on the site 
of kilns in the New Forest in which they were manufactured. They 
are ;" n' rally " castaways," ill-made or imperfect. 
