The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.Evans, John
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The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.
Evans, John
Bronze age -- Great Britain; Bronze age -- Ireland; Great Britain -- Antiquities
Another of remarkably analogous character was certainly found in the
Thames near Kingston,[453] and is now in the Museum of the Society of
Antiquaries. It is shown in Fig. 141. On it are only two descending
ribs, ending in ring ornaments, the pellets in the centre of which are
almost invisible; but above the transverse bead are three ascending
ribs, which alternate with those that descend. All these ribs are
double instead of single.
[Illustration: Fig. 142.—Kingston. ½]
In some rare instances there are ring ornaments both at the top
and at the bottom of the vertical lines, as is seen on one of the
faces of the curious celt shown in Fig. 142, where the usual ribs
are replaced by rows of two or three slightly raised lines. On the
other face it will be seen that the ornamentation is of a different
character, with one ring ornament at top and three below, the two
outer of which are connected with ribs diverging from two curved lines
above. The original was found, with three others less ornamented, at
Kingston,[454] Surrey, and is in the British Museum.
A nearly similar celt from Scotland is described at page 137.
In another very rare specimen the vertical lines are replaced by two
double chevrons of pellets, the upper one reversed. There is still
a ring ornament at the base, and lines of pellets running down the
margins of the blade. This specimen, shown in Fig. 143, was found in
the Thames,[455] and is in the collection of Mr. T. Layton, F.S.A.
In another equally rare form there is a treble ring ornament at the
bottom of a single central beaded rib, and at the top two “flanches,”
represented by double lines, as shown in Fig. 144. The neck of this
celt is in section a flattened hexagon. It was found at Givendale,
near Pocklington, Yorkshire, E. R., and is now in the British Museum.
In the celt shown in Fig. 145 the central rib terminates in a pellet,
and there are three curved ribs on either side. In this case the
section of the neck of the blade is nearly circular. The specimen is
in the British Museum, and was probably found near Cambridge, as it
formed part of the late Mr. Lichfield’s collection. A celt ornamented
in the same manner, but without the central rib, was found near
Mildenhall, Suffolk, and is in the collection of Mr. H. Prigg.
[Illustration: Fig. 143.—Thames.]
[Illustration: Fig. 144.—Givendale. ½]
[Illustration: Fig. 145.—Cambridge. ½]
[Illustration: Fig. 146.—Blandford. ½]
Another (4 inches), also in the British Museum, has two ribs on each
margin, parallel to the sides, as seen in Fig. 146. It was found near
Blandford, Dorsetshire, in company with unfinished gouges, and is
remarkable on account of its having been cast so thin that it seems
incapable of standing any hard work.
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