and deſign of all theſe various articles, without deriving any knowledge as to the manner in which they were uſed. The ſubject now becomes a more extenſive one; and in the Anglo-Saxon barrows in England, we find a mixture, in theſe articles, of Anglo-Saxon and Roman, which furniſhes a remarkable illuſtration of the mixture of the races. all perfectly well acquainted with Roman types; and in the few examples which can be here given of articles found in early Anglo-Saxon barrows, I ſhall only introduce ſuch as will enable us to judge what claſſes of the ſubſequent mediæval types were really derived from pure Saxon or Teutonic originals.
It is curious enough that the poet who compoſed the romance of Beowulf enumerates among the treaſures in the ancient barrow, guarded An image should appear at this position in the text.No. 1. Anglo-Saxon Drinking Glaſſes. by the dragon who was finally ſlain by his hero, "the dear, or precious drinking-cup" (dryncfæt deóre). Drinking-cups are frequently found in the Saxon barrows or graves in England. A group, repreſenting the more uſual forms, is given in our cut, No. 1, found chiefly in barrows in Kent, and preſerved in the collections of lord Londeſborough and Mr. Rolfe, the latter of which is now in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Mayer, of Liverpool. The example to the left no doubt repreſents the "twiſted" pattern, ſo often mentioned in Beowulf, and evidently the favouriteornament
