The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 158
s, they haveseldom been preserved. Theoretically we must come to the con-clusion that the style of ornaments applied to them was no doubtof the same kind as that we have observed in the more durablemetallic objects. The few remains of wood which have escapedthe destroying influences of the… … Fii. 122.—Spoon of elks hoi n. Keramic Art. The tombs of the earlier Iron Age sometimes contain vesselsof very good clay ornamented with geometrical patterns. In the later Iron Age the sepulchral vases are of the coarsestdescription, of bad consistence, simple in form, and almost 144 SCANDINA VIAN…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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