In fig. 239 we give a representation of a necklace with pendants which is most remarkable in its workmanship. It may be readily seen that art had now attained some degree of maturity. This necklace was a prelude to the marvellous works of art which were about to be brought to light under the skies of Greece. [Illustration: Fig. 239.--A Necklace with Pendants, from the Tombs of Hallstadt.] The bracelets which have been met with by hundreds, hair pins and bronze fibulæ are all wrought with taste, and are often adorned with very elegant pendants. In figs. 240 and 241 we show two bracelets, the sketches for which were taken from the designs in the manuscript of the 'Tombes de Hallstadt.' [Illustration: Fig. 240.--Bracelet, from the Tombs of Hallstadt.] [Illustration: Fig. 241.--Bracelet, from the Tombs of Hallstadt.] We may add a few amber necklace-beads and some of enamel, and we have then concluded the series of personal ornaments. In the tombs of Hallstadt, nearly 200 bronze vessels have been discovered, some of which are as much as 36 inches in height. These bronze vessels were composed of several pieces skilfully riveted but not soldered. Plates 242 and 243 are reproduced from the same beautiful manuscript. [Illustration: Fig. 242.--Bronze Vase, from the Tombs of Hallstadt.] [Illustration: Fig. 243.--Bronze Vase, from the Tombs of Hallstadt.] In the tombs of Hallstadt some small glass vessels have also been discovered. Remains of pottery are very plentiful, and a decided improvement is shown in their workmanship. Some gold trinkets were also met with in these tombs. The gold was, doubtless, obtained from the mines of Transylvania. African ivory abounds in these graves--a fact which indicates commercial intercourse with very distant countries. This product, as well as the glass, was introduced into Europe by the Phoenicians. The inhabitants of central Europe obtained ivory from Tyre and Sidon by means of barter. The ivory objects which were found at Hallstadt consisted of the heads of hair-pins and the pommels of swords. There were no traces whatever of money, the use of it not being then established in that part of Europe. The population which lived in the vicinity of the Salzburg mines were in reality rich; for the salt-mines were a source of great wealth to them at a period when the deposits of rock-salt in Poland, being still buried in the depths of the earth, were as yet unknown or inaccessible. In this way, we may account for the general opulence of these commercial nations, and for the elegance and taste displayed in the objects which have been found in the tombs of Hallstadt.