Note 57 — LECTURE III. (October 24, 1882.) THE CELTIC ART OF THE PAGAN PERIOD.

A bronze shield, found in the river Witham, 3 feet 8½ inches long, and nearly 14 inches wide, with straight sides and rounded ends, is decorated with studs of red coral, and had the figure of an animal attached to it by rivets. Another, found in the Thames, 2 feet 6½ inches long and 14½ inches wide, is ornamented with enamelled patterns in this peculiar style, and of singular beauty and remarkable excellence of design and workmanship. They are figured in colours of the originals in the Horæ Ferales, edited by A. W. Franks, of the British Museum (4to. London, 1863), Plates XIV.-XV.