ts, which were all of silver, varyin breadth from a quarter of an inch to an inchand a quarter, and perhaps more. They aregenerally ornamented, and almost all the orna-ments are produced by punching with tools ofvarious forms. The patterns are numerous,but the forms of the punches are very few,… … In the specimen which we have here en-graved, the punch has had a small square end,and the ornament is formed by a series of blowsin transverse or oblique lines. Patterns of theperiod and localities to which these ornamentsbelong are scarcely ever found finished by cast-ing or chasing. It would…
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