Copenhagen

T H E SIGHTS OF COPENHAGEN.

beautiful in form, rich in decoration, and at the same time characteristically Scandinavian, bear witness to the high degree of skill attained by the bronze-w orkers of this country. Further proof of this is given by the curious trum pets ("Lurer", see h ead ­ piece pg. 49), of which m ore than twenty have been found, most of them in excellent preservation. There are some finds of a un ique character from oak-coffins in Jutland, namely, complete m en's and w om en ’s dresses in woven woollen material. Am ongst the exhibits b elong ing to the Iron Age are a series of bog-finds, consisting of a large collection of all the objects requisite to the full equ ipm en t of a w arrio r; a peculiar and well preserved chariot w ith beautiful metal m ountings; copies of the two go lden ho rns which w ere found at Gallehus in Schlesw ig in 1639 and 1734, and w ere stolen and melted down in the year 1802 (their mysterious representations have not yet been satisfactorily explained); a g reat silver bow l from G unde- strup b o g in Jutland with representations of figures in the Gallo- Roman style; a large series of finds of go ld and silver o rn a­ ments, am ong st which are several of the “gold bracteates“ so characteristic of Scandinavia; and a find from the oldest Royal grave in Denmark, that of K ing Gorm . C. Neergaard.

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