A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fig. 110.—Sword with .mtennao, Denmark. J types most common in .Scandinavia. A of razors andtweezers (fig. 109), knives and pins, are sliown, and ships occuron several of the razors as an ornamental feature. The bronzejug has no historj, but is most probablj from Denmark, and datesfrom the later Bronze age : while the bronze box beside it, witha scroll design on the base, belongs to the fifth period of , and forms the last link in the chain of development. Fjii. 111.— Sp
A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fig. 110.—Sword with .mtennao, Denmark. J types most common in .Scandinavia. A of razors andtweezers (fig. 109), knives and pins, are sliown, and ships occuron several of the razors as an ornamental feature. The bronzejug has no historj, but is most probablj from Denmark, and datesfrom the later Bronze age : while the bronze box beside it, witha scroll design on the base, belongs to the fifth period of , and forms the last link in the chain of development. Fjii. 111.— Spectaclu brooch, Denmark. I established for these caskets. A fragment of an earlier form, withpointed base, has traces of the clay which formed the inner mould,the interstice having originally been filled by a wax model. To the rigJit are weapons, some of which are highly ornamented,one short sv^ord having gold plates attached to the edges of thegrip. The swords aie for the most part earlier than those inthis country, and have complete metal grips, while the blade isnot ordinarily leaf-shaped, but straight or tapering. Those withthe handle in one piece with the blade but with flanged edgesonly (cf. pi. VIII) are comparatively late, while the perfect speci-men of the antennae type (fig. 110) belongs to the Hallstatt period. On the JUast side, to the left, are tores and ornaments, theformer including a triple example resembling that illustratedfrom Portugal (fig. 142), though v,ithout the calyx-shaped projec- 106 DESCRIPTION OF CASE H tions. Of the tores or twisted collar
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