The rings are about ⅝ inch wide and of this section
.
Fig. 511.—Ireland.
Although no such vessels have been found in barrows in England, they are not entirely unknown in this country.
A very fine caldron of this character, about 21 inches in extreme diameter and about 16 inches in height, was dredged up in the Thames near Battersea, and is now in the British Museum. It is formed of two tiers of plates above the concave bottom, and has had two rings at the mouth, one of which, about 5 inches in diameter, remains. The rings are of this section
, which combines great strength with economy of metal.
The expanding rim of the mouth is supported on four small brackets, pierced so as to leave a saltire ornament in each. The rivet-heads are about ¼ inch in diameter. From these brackets two strips of thin brass run down about 3 inches, each ornamented with a fern-leaf pattern.