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Grave-mounds and their contents; a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods (1870)

Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816-1886 · London : Groombridge · leaf 262

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The next two figures (362 and 363) show two of the de-canter-shaped vessels to which I have alluded, and figs. 232 GRAVE-MOUNDS AND THEIR CONTENTS. 364, 365, and 366 again exhibit a different variety—one inwhich the ornament is formed of a number of what mayalmost be called handles—hollow… … attached at the upper and lower ends. Many specimensof these curious glasses have been found in graves indifferent districts. Among the most profuse of Anglo-Saxon remains are thebeads and necklaces of glass, of amber, and of other ma-terials, many of which are of extreme beauty. The greaterpart of…

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