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ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS Fig. 25. — EoNE Comb and Case, Threadneedle Street (J) CXi: - Fig. 26. — Bonk Comb Case (with SPECIMEN comb), LIVERPOOL StREET (|^) fl (7) S O O O I II filled with bronze : the same design occurs on one found at Northampton/* and, arranged to form a swastika, is not uncommon on bronze brooches of the pagan period, but the ends of the comb in the shape of horses' heads point to Scandinavian influence and to the ninth or tenth century. There is some doubt with regard to the date of bone draughtsmen of the type represented in fig. 28, but they are common in London, where more than one of a sort has been found. Roach Smith collected several, and others were found in Buck- (^ lersbury,^ but they have not been associated with datable objects, and their attribution to the later period is less justified by their style of decoration than by the known par- tiality of the Vikings for gaming. The pieces range Fig. 27.— Bone Comb found in London (i) ^^ F.C.H. Northants,{, z'i'i, fig. l6 ; Proc. Soc. Antiq. xvii, 165, 167. Dr. Munro figures two from Ireland with horses' heads ; Lake-Dwellings of Europe, 355 (Lagore, co. Meath), and 360 (Ballinderry, co. Meath). '^^ J. E. Price, Descr. of Roman Pavement, 74, fig. 2. Others are published from Caerleon, Mon. (J. E. Lee, Isca Silurum, pi. xxx, p. 61), and Lincoln {Arch. Journ. xiv, 278). 165