The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 75 73. AT PIERCFU DISC AT BONN. 76 76. COjMB, with case, at BRUSSELS. POUCH AND CHATELAINE lobe of the ear. The flat cover of the little basketis often set with gems. Instead of this, hollowpolyhedrons of gold jewelled in each facet are some-times mounted and worn in similar fashion. Aspecially Hungarian type of ear pendant is of apyramidal form built up largely of hollow spheres ofgold. It was the custom among both sexes to wearsuspended from the belt a sort of pouch or sporran,in which small personal possessions were ke
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . 75 73. AT PIERCFU DISC AT BONN. 76 76. COjMB, with case, at BRUSSELS. POUCH AND CHATELAINE lobe of the ear. The flat cover of the little basketis often set with gems. Instead of this, hollowpolyhedrons of gold jewelled in each facet are some-times mounted and worn in similar fashion. Aspecially Hungarian type of ear pendant is of apyramidal form built up largely of hollow spheres ofgold. It was the custom among both sexes to wearsuspended from the belt a sort of pouch or sporran,in which small personal possessions were kept readyto the hand, and the ladies sometimes carriedchatelaines to which might be attached keys, aknife, and other objects. Jewelled mounts of thepouch are occasionally found (see fig. 72), and a littleheap of the contents sometimes shows where thepouch had lain. The chatelaine has been pre-served in some good examples at Worms shownin fig. J 2) Perforated discs of artistic patternswere suspended from the belt and objects of variouskinds were e
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