. Glass. kraiitstrunkand the roemer of the sixteenth century were derived. Much more numerous in the Anglo-Saxon tombsare—ist, the little bottles of simple form often stringedspirally round the neck (or in other cases the stringingmay be applied to form rude gadroons and other patternson the body); and 2nd, the small wide-mouthed andfootless cups, often of bell-like section. These were heldin the palm of the hand while drinking, as we may see incontemporary manuscripts and perhaps in the Bayeuxtapestry.^ They are true tumblers in the original sense 1 I have seen, in the collection of Mr. Kenna
. Glass. kraiitstrunkand the roemer of the sixteenth century were derived. Much more numerous in the Anglo-Saxon tombsare—ist, the little bottles of simple form often stringedspirally round the neck (or in other cases the stringingmay be applied to form rude gadroons and other patternson the body); and 2nd, the small wide-mouthed andfootless cups, often of bell-like section. These were heldin the palm of the hand while drinking, as we may see incontemporary manuscripts and perhaps in the Bayeuxtapestry.^ They are true tumblers in the original sense 1 I have seen, in the collection of Mr. Kennard, the lower part of a vase ofthickish clear green glass, from an Anglo-Saxon tomb. On this the tails of thewell-formed prunts sweep downwards diagonally; on the head of each is a rosetteSuch a form one may perhaps connect with the hroden ealo woege, the twistedale-cups of Beowulfs poem (cf. Hartshorne, p. 24). 2 Note in this tapestry, in more than one feast scene, the swaggering action 112 PLATE XVIl.
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