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it may have suffered more from use already when it became 
interred as part of the funeral furniture. It is likewise of 
hammered bronze, has a height (or depth) of 50 mm. and a 
diameter of 102 mm. The top and neck being proportionately 
shorter than in its companion (width 7 mm. apiece). It bears 
a plain raised moulding running externally below the neck, 
and a simple line ornament along the top. The imperfect 
handle or carrier of this bowl (45 mm. in width) has been 
mis-described as a “ key.” 
The Fibula or Brooch is of a very uncommon type, and it 
belongs to that known in Celtic Gaul as “ a masque hmnain,” 
some examples of which hitherto have come from the Rhine 
Provinces. It is probably no older that the rest of the finds. 
It may be described as of silver-gilt, chased and moulded ; 
having a bi-lateral coil, or spiral spring ; an open-work, or 
pierced, foot-plate ; while its more special peculiarity consists 
in having attached to the bow, and rising from a moulding, a 
small hook. It measures 60 mm. in length, and in width 
1 7 mm. This appendage is not functional, but purely decora- 
tive, and has occurred in Hungarian examples assigned to the 
first century a.d. 
The Knife and Handle, the blade of which has perished 
(and was of iron), has a length of 63 mm. and the form of a 
conventional chamois-head, the horns being tipped with balls 
( bouletees ) in the manner we use to cows’ horns ; and probably 
this does represent the usage in regard to pet animals by early, 
but civilised, tribes. The eye sockets once had jewels, or 
perhaps glass. Examples resembling it have occurred at 
Heppenheim (cf. Dechellette, p. 1364). Cows’ heads in bronze 
found at Aube and Isere illustrate this same treatment. The 
small triangular object, not understood at the date of the 
discovery, is the handle or top of that useful article, a 
“ scratcher.” Ancient tribal-life was naturally just as subject 
to verminous conditions as it is to-day. One recalls the bitter 
experiences of the English Court and Royal Family of 
Charles II. during the magnificent embassy paid it from the 
Tzar Alexis. After the first day no one there could keep still. 
And yet withal such a glorious display of jewels, costly furs and 
