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)
ame for thisvessel, which was properly called buc, was cescen, signify-ing literally a vessel made of ash, the favourite wood of theAnglo-Saxons. Drinking-cups were sometimes of wood. Of these, twoexamples are here given. The first of these has a rim ofbrass, the second a like rim attached by… … Bowls of bronze are occasionally also found. Some ofthese are plain, others enamelled or otherwise ornamented, Fig. 464.
Mounds · Megalithic monuments
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