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 Metal. 439 (Fig. 525). The vase is made up of two pieces, worked separately, one for the neck, and another for the body. The h'ne of meeting is concealed by a band of the same metal, the ends of which meet under the handle, where they are fixed by nails. These, however, would have been inadequate to secure the band ; hence tiny points of about the size of a large needle, and thickly studded, Fir:. 5*8.— Goki pcnilant. I-cnglh, 36 c. were disposed upon the whole length of the band, and over it, again, appear seventeen ox-heads, beaten up with the hammer (Fig. 526). They are continued on the handle, where they are graven with the burin (Fig. 527). The manifold resources of the goldsmith are seen to the best advantage in the composition and mounting of the ornaments ; of which specimens have already