. The arts in early England. 5, 6, natural size; 2, 3, somewhat reduced; 4, enlarged nearly twice PINS AND PIN SUITES 371 early and relegates the longer ones to the later Merovingianor the Carolingian epoch. The most purely Germanic pins are those which terminatein the heads of model axes of the specially Teutonic type,specimens of which from Belgium were given on one of theplates illustrating the forms of axe heads PL xxx, 5 (p. 2,33).Anglo-Saxon examples do not seem to be known. One ofthese Belgian pins has a cross on the head and this can beparalleled in the bronze pin found on Breach Down
. The arts in early England. 5, 6, natural size; 2, 3, somewhat reduced; 4, enlarged nearly twice PINS AND PIN SUITES 371 early and relegates the longer ones to the later Merovingianor the Carolingian epoch. The most purely Germanic pins are those which terminatein the heads of model axes of the specially Teutonic type,specimens of which from Belgium were given on one of theplates illustrating the forms of axe heads PL xxx, 5 (p. 2,33).Anglo-Saxon examples do not seem to be known. One ofthese Belgian pins has a cross on the head and this can beparalleled in the bronze pin found on Breach Down in Kentand figured PL x, 5 (p. 115). The cemeteries of the south coast have yielded up somevery handsome pins brought together on PL lxxx. No. ifigures a set from the Kings Field, Faversham, in the BritishMuseum, where the bird-headed examples are reminiscent offinds in the Frankish cemeteries. The pin with garnet inlayson the head and with a broken point is in its present condition6-|- in. long. The complete one measures 7^
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