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 BEONZES.

2907. TOP OF STANDARD. On a flat oblong piece supported by a central stem and two
curved side-supports is a boar charging. The stem is fluted half-way down, .and round the
lower part are two rings ornamented with circles. Ht. n in. Vaux, Handbook to Brit. Mus.
p. 411. Fore-legs of boar broken off.

2908. TOP OF STANDARD, in theform of a spike surmounted by a hollow convex piece of
bronze, on which is perched an eagle with outstretched wings, looking up to its r. ; in the spike
are holes for fastening to a wooden handle, and another in the eagle’s neck. Ht. 7 in. Vaux,
Handbook to Brit. Mus. p. 411.

Fig. 81 = No. 2903.

2909. TOP OF STANDARD, with four curved sides forming a square; each corner terminates
in a square, on which are two rovvs of cross-lines and a row of dotted circles incised. The
two lower corners are supported by dolphins with heads thrown far back ; between them is the
club of Heracles. Belowthis are four steps ; on the lowermost, a row of dotted circles ; beneath
this is a long spike with two holes in the bottom. Ht. 85 in. Presented by A. W. Franks,
Esq., 1872 ; frorn the Purnell Coll.

2910. TOP OF STANDARD. As the last; each corner ends in a sort of moulded plinth ;
between the two lower ones is a moulded boss ; the whole is supported by a moulded base,
below which is a spike. Ht. 9 in. Frorn Torre Annunziata. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple,
1856. Lower part corroded.