Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

2396. DEFILATORY, witli broad sharp-toothed ends, fastened to a ring with a long chain
attached ; feather-patterns are incised on either side. Length, with chain, ioj in. Presented
by General Meyrick, 1878.

2397. DEPILATORY, with narrow handle ; triangular ends, with small teeth. Length 2f in.

2398. DEPILATORY, working on a broad hinge (as the fibulae, Nos. 2088-2099) ; the ends are
bent in, and are kept tight by an oblong band working along the arms, on which concentric
circles are incised. Length 3 in.

2399. EAR-PICK AND NAIL-FILE, the one end in the form of a small hollowed-out disc on
a long stem, the other in the form of a fork. Length 4I in. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple,
1856.

2400. EAR-PICK AND NAIL-FILE, as the last, moulded at the ear-pick end. Length
4i in. 1851.

2401. NAIL-FILE. Flat broad central part forming the file, incised with patterns of crescents
and dots, ending in a fork ; a ring attached to the handle end. Length 4 in.

2402. NAIL-FILE. As tke last. Length 2§ in.

Magna Graecia, 1891.

2403. TWEEZERS, the handle loop-shaped. Length
2-J in. From Ephesus ; excavated by J. T. Wood, 1874.

2404. TWEEZERS, as the last. Length 2)- in.

Hamilton Coll. 125.

2405. TWEEZERS, shouldered like fire-tongs. Length 4 in. Blacas Coll., 1867.

2406. TWEEZERS, as the last. Length 4 in.

2407. TWEEZERS, as before. Length 4! in. Blacas ColL, 1S67.

2408. TWEEZERS, the arms bent into a wavy form. Length 3^ in. Comarmond Coll., 1851.

2409. TWEEZERS, l.ke a pair of tongs, with

moulded handle. Length 5J in.

2410. TWEEZERS, as the last. Length 4 in.

Blacas Coll. 1867.

2411. TWEEZERS, two pairs, as before. F’e- 73 = N°. 2409.

Length 4| and 4J in.

2412. TWEEZERS. Length -| in. Amathus, Cyprus, 1894 (excavated under the Turner

bequest).

2413. TWEEZERS. Length 3^ in. Towneley Coll.

2414. TWEEZERS, with incised markings, the ends cut into fine points. Length 2|- in.

2415. TWEEZERS, with ring at top, the two pieces wide apart. Length if in. Amathus,

Cyprus, 1894, tomb 146 (excavated under the Turner bequest). Corroded.

2416. TWEEZERS, with curved-in ends. Length 3J in. Presented by General Meyrick, 1878.

2417. TWEEZERS, as the last Length 2f in. From Rome. Burgon Coll., 1842.

2418. TWEEZERS, with ring attached to the handle-end. Length 2f in. One arm broken.

2419. PINCERS. The two pieces are fastened together by a rivet ; one handle has a flat piece
turned up to form a sheath for the other. Length 3J in.

Fig. 72 = No. 2402.