The tinkler-gypsies . ts have been found which belonged to thesemetal workers of the Bronze Age. The Sinsinhoard is remarkable for the number, the qua-lity, and the finish of the bronze objects, whoseornamentation, executed on the spot, is derivedfrom moulds or from designs which are certainlyof Eastern origin. After the settlement of the Aryans, thenomadic metal workers continued to wanderfrom one colony to another, repairing articlesof ornament, arms, and armour, and manufac-turing and selling the objects of the they visited fortified places, wheremarkets were held, like ou
The tinkler-gypsies . ts have been found which belonged to thesemetal workers of the Bronze Age. The Sinsinhoard is remarkable for the number, the qua-lity, and the finish of the bronze objects, whoseornamentation, executed on the spot, is derivedfrom moulds or from designs which are certainlyof Eastern origin. After the settlement of the Aryans, thenomadic metal workers continued to wanderfrom one colony to another, repairing articlesof ornament, arms, and armour, and manufac-turing and selling the objects of the they visited fortified places, wheremarkets were held, like our modern fairs. Fora long while the prehistoric Gypsies confinedthemselves to the bronze industry, an artisticand sacred mystery. But a little while—about acentury—before the Roman Conquest we see adivision taking place in metallurgic art. Certain 452 Tlie Tinkler-Gypsies. nomadic iron smelters settle down in the mineralregions and become, if not the originators, atleast the principal leaders of our steel and iron. Gypsy Lingurar (Spoonmaker) of Transylvania. Phot liy .Toll. work. The unaltered minority continued toroam about, working chiefly in bronze andcopper, but sometimes in gold and silver. Prehistoric Metal-ivorkers Tinklers. 453 In such descriptions we find a people whosecharacteristics and occupations bear a remark-able resemblance to Tinklers and Tinkler-
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