Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 11. —Bronze Basin (height 4 inches). Another vessel of bronze measures 12 inches in dia-meter, and 4 inches in depth. It appears to have been madeby hammering it into shape out of one piece of metal. The third vessel measures 12 inches in diameter, and 3inches in depth, and is also formed out of one piece of Fig. 12.—Bronze Basin (height 3 inches). On its upper edge is a turned-over or projecting rim, 1 inchin breadth (Fig. 12). HISTOKICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES. 4
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 11. —Bronze Basin (height 4 inches). Another vessel of bronze measures 12 inches in dia-meter, and 4 inches in depth. It appears to have been madeby hammering it into shape out of one piece of metal. The third vessel measures 12 inches in diameter, and 3inches in depth, and is also formed out of one piece of Fig. 12.—Bronze Basin (height 3 inches). On its upper edge is a turned-over or projecting rim, 1 inchin breadth (Fig. 12). HISTOKICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES. 45 Pot or patella of yellowish-coloured bronze, with a handlespringing from the upper edge, 7 inches in length, on wThichis stamped the letters cipipoliei. At the further ex-tremity is a circular opening. The bottom is ornamentedby five projecting rings, and measures in diameter 6 inches;it is 8 inches in diameter across the mouth; the insideappears to be coated with tin, and has a series of incisedlines at various distances. The vessel is ornamented on the
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