The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 125
one, would now care to have it, un-less for scientific purposes or as acuriosity. A brooch of much greaterutility could be bought for less money. So it has happened that Fig. 82.—Annular Brooch fromSUCh of these brooches as COn- Kn°ydart> made of a curtain ringt . , 7 . . and a bodle pin. Full… … THE PAST IN THE PRESENT. 103 To illustrate this process of degradation I give in Figs. 83and 84 a representation of the two sides of a somewhathandsome annular brooch. It is made of brass, and the cha-racter of its decoration is Celtic. It shows, for instance, theinterlaced ornamentation, and a…
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