. Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . II THE CHAIR UF I)A( ii jBi;i;T THE ORIGINS 31 bronze, casting objects of a considerable size with ornamentsthereon in high relief. And they displayed this remarkableexcellence not only in their weapons and warlike accoutrements,but in innumerable domestic objects which have survived tothis day, many of which might have formed the models for thework produced later on in the Mosan towns. Among these area great number of vases, pots, or chaldrons, the uses of whichcannot now be accurately determined
. Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze . II THE CHAIR UF I)A( ii jBi;i;T THE ORIGINS 31 bronze, casting objects of a considerable size with ornamentsthereon in high relief. And they displayed this remarkableexcellence not only in their weapons and warlike accoutrements,but in innumerable domestic objects which have survived tothis day, many of which might have formed the models for thework produced later on in the Mosan towns. Among these area great number of vases, pots, or chaldrons, the uses of whichcannot now be accurately determined. These were often of an. Fig. 7.—Pail, Aaborg, Denmark Fig. 8.—Pail, Bavenhoi extremely graceful shape, and we reproduce two examples ofthese from Du Chaillu (Figs. 7 and 8). The former of these,which is ornamented with delicate engravings, was found ina bog near Aaborg, in Denmark ; it stands about eleven incheshigh, and is ten inches in diameter, and the engraving shows asun borne on a ship which has zoomorphic terminations at eachend. The second of these vessels is a vase or pail which mighteasily have passed as an early piece of Dinanderie, and was foundin a grave at Bavenhoi in Himlingoi, Zeeland. It has an 32 DINANDERIE elegant outline and is without engraving ; but very many others discovered in various bog-finds are richlydecorated with figures and ornamentsin relief, and many bear the religioussymbol of the Svastica. The ornamentation of much of thisScandinavian work is remarkable for itsinterlacing serpentine folds with zoo-morphic terminations, which we seealmost exactly reproduced in earlybron
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