. Enamels . d or unobtainable. A lump of thisred enamel from the larger piece in Dublin, andwhich we mention later when speaking of theIrish work, is shown in the same room, and nearit is a very fine and heavy bronze armlet withcentre of still perfect enamel, a yellow cross on ared ground of late Celtic work from Perthshire. There is no doubt that some of the earlyenamelling on bronze, in both design and colourscheme, was influenced by the refinement ofRoman culture, and also that some of the objectswere made for the use of the Romans—these weremost likely of a slightly later date; but of pure
. Enamels . d or unobtainable. A lump of thisred enamel from the larger piece in Dublin, andwhich we mention later when speaking of theIrish work, is shown in the same room, and nearit is a very fine and heavy bronze armlet withcentre of still perfect enamel, a yellow cross on ared ground of late Celtic work from Perthshire. There is no doubt that some of the earlyenamelling on bronze, in both design and colourscheme, was influenced by the refinement ofRoman culture, and also that some of the objectswere made for the use of the Romans—these weremost likely of a slightly later date; but of pureRoman enamel work of this period I can findno trace whatever. A large flat plate with red,blue, and greenish white enamel in the BritishMuseum, representing an altar, was found inLondon, and had apparently never been finished,and is therefore supposed to have been made inLondon, though for the use of the Roman con-querors, as also were the five little bronze standsin the same case. The Rudge enamelled bowl. n INTRODUCTION 29 found in Wiltshire has round it names of thetowns situated on the Roman Wall. The beauti-ful Bartlow Hills vase, from a tumulus in Essex,where it was placed after the time of Hadrian,and since discovery almost destroyed by a fire, isof this Romano-British work. It is pictured inLabarte, and there is a coloured cast of it in theScarborough Museum. That the Celtic inhabitants of Gaul also carriedon enamelling on bronze before the coming of theRomans has been proved by the discovery of theenamel workshops at Bibracte, with tools, moulds,colours in the lump, and polishing-stones, as wellas furnaces in full working order. This ancientGallic city was sacked by the troops of Caesar,and has only been excavated in recent years; andthough the work of its enamellers was noticeablyinferior to that of the Celts in Britain, its examina- /tion strengthens the conclusion that the Celts ofboth the British Isles and the Continent werefully proficient in the art of enamelli
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