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       Horse-collar found in sepulchral chamber at Sollested, Assens, Fýen. Among other interesting finds in this sepulchral chamber were the remains of a cinerary urn with burnt bones and fragments of iron; equipment for two horses, including remains of a magnificent saddle, horses’ bits ornamented with gold and silver; stirrups inlaid with silver and gold, &c., &c.

      A remarkable horse-collar was found at Sollested, Assens, Fýen, in a sepulchral chamber, 30 feet long, 9 feet broad, with its entrance facing the north-east; the representations of heads riveted to the collar are similar to numerous ones found in Southern Russia, of which many examples are to be seen in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

      Fig. 668.—Fragments of harness with nails and other ornaments of iron covered with silver, sewn on leather. Real size. Denmark.

      Fig. 669.—Iron bits.

      Fig. 670.—Chains of iron,¼ real size, with large rings at the end. Sollested.

      Fig. 671.—End of waggon-pole. Real size. Sollested.

      Fig. 672.

      Fig. 673.

       Parts of a bit of bronze gilt,⅔ real size, found in a round tumulus explored in 1852, containing the remains of a ship and a waggon, pieces of a wooden saddle riveted with gilt bronze ornaments, several stirrups, bones of several animals, &c. Vold Borre, Norway.

      Fig. 674.—Iron spur found in a tumulus. ⅓ real size. Norway.

      Fig. 675.—Ornament to horse collar of bronze gilt. ½ real size.

      Fig. 676.—Iron spur, found in a tumulus with a stone vase, a single-edged sword, an axe, two spear-heads, a shield-boss, a pair of stirrups, &c. ⅓ real size. Norway.

      Fig. 677.—Part of horse collar of bronze. ½ real size.

      Fig. 678.—Bronze bridle, little less than ⅕ real size, found in a tumulus. Norway.

      Fig. 679.—Iron bit, 2

       9 real size, found in a tumulus with a two-edged sword, two spear-heads, an axe, three knife-blades, fragments of a shield-boss, &c., all of iron. Norway.

      Fig. 680.—Iron bit, 2

       9 real size, found in a tumulus with a large axe, a spear-head, thirteen arrow-heads, six shield bosses, two knife-blades, clinch nails, &c. Norway.

      Fig. 681.—Iron bit found in a tumulus. 2

       9 real size. Norway.

      Fig. 682.—Iron bit. 2

       9 real size. Norway.

      Fig. 683.—Iron bit, 2

       9 real size, found in a tumulus, with burnt bones. Norway.

      Fig. 684.—Iron bit for horses. ⅓ real size. Ultuna.

      Fig. 685.—About ¼ real size. Norway. In a mound.

      Fig. 686.—Stirrup, ⅓ real size, found in a mound upon the island of Bjorko.

      Fig. 687.—Stirrup of iron inlaid with silver. ⅓ real size. Viborg, Jutland. In a grave with other riding gear.

      Fig. 688.—Iron stirrup. 2

       9 real size. Norway.

      Fig. 689.—Iron stirrup, found in the upper part of a large round mound, with two double-edged swords bent in two, three spear-heads, five horses’ bits, a pair of shears, pincers, two bronze fibulæ, horses’ teeth, burnt bones, &c. 2

       9 real size. Norway.

      Fig. 690.—Iron stirrup. 2

       9 real size. Norway.

      Fig. 691.—Gold spur,⅔ real size; weight, 9 ozs. Smaalenenes, Norway; earlier iron age.

      Fig. 692.

      Full view.

       Fig. 693.

       Ornaments of above spurs, real size; weight, 1⅙ ozs.; the point of iron missing; traces of the rust still seen. Smaalenenes, Norway.

      Fig. 694.—Bridle and bit in bronze, Småland. Collection of Count G. Essen. ⅕ real size.

      Fig. 695.

      Fig. 696.—Spur of iron, ⅓ real size. Found in a large heap of stones of oblong shape, with a spear-head of iron, a double-edged sword, &c.

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