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(1889) [MARC] Author: Karl Baedeker
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the use of metal was unknown, and when the primitive implements of
the chase and others were made of flint, bone, or wood. The principal
objects here are arrow-heads, axes, earthenware vessels, and amber-beads.
The classified objects in the wall-presses and in one of the other
showcases have been found mostly in Skåne. The remaining cases contain
objects, most of which were discovered in ancient tombs, from other
districts of Sweden. Among these are some prettily carved flints, and some
fine battle-axes, the contents of several tombs with the bones of domestic
animals, and various characteristic objects in slate from the most northerly
districts of Sweden.

Room III. Objects op the Bronze Period, an epoch supposed to
have begun in Sweden about a thousand years before Christ, when its
inhabitants came for the first time into contact with the more civilised
natives of Asia and S. Europe. Specially noteworthy are a shield (No. 1.)
of S. European origin, a dagger (5) found in West Gotland, several fine
battle-axes, and vessels with rich fringed ornaments.

Then Objects op the Iron Age. About the beginning of the
Christian era the Swedes became acquainted with iron and its uses (a
metal which was known to the Egyptians between two and three
thousand years, and to the Greeks upwards of one thousand years earlier).
The objects of the earliest iron period show traces of Celtic influence; a
later group has evidently been affected by the culture of the Roman
empire as it extended into the provinces, while still more recent objects
connect themselves with the Frankish and Alemannic antiquities of W.
Germany of the period during and after the great national migrations.
In the same room is the rich collection from the Island of Gotland,
embracing a period of over a thousand years. We begin at No. 1. No. 2
shows Roman influence; No. 4 represents the period of migration; beside
it are the contents of a tomb, including an Indian mussel; some of
the brooches have highly characteristic shapes. The collection of silver
ornaments (No. 8) from this island is also peculiarly rich. — Room 111.
also contains various objects of the iron age found on the mainland of
Sweden, including four pieces of Roman origin, and numerous golden
ornaments. We observe specially the valuable contents of the graves of
Vendel, where several warriors were found interred in their ships.

Room IV. Objects op the later Iron Age from the mainland of
Sweden. We note here the objects found at Björkö in Lake Mälaren
(p. 350), where the earliest Christian burial-place in Sweden was
re-discovered, and the valuable collection of silver ornaments. This room also contains
copies of a rock in Södermanland, with a Runic inscription and a design
from the Siegfried Saga, and of a large Runic stone near Rik in
Östergötland, with the longest Runic inscription that has been preserved. — Here
also is the Mediævai. Collection, embracing objects of the 11th, 12th,
and 13th centuries.

Room V. Ornaments, church furniture, and ecclesiastical vestments
of the 14th, 15th, and beginning of the 16th cent, (till 1523), including the
treasure which had been buried at Dune in the 14th cent., and a votive
picture (1498) of St. George from the church of St. Nicholas in Stockholm.

The Royal Cabinet of Coins occupies an adjoining room (to the N.E.).
A number of Swedish medals are exposed to view in glass-cases, hut most
of the coins are kept in presses, and are shown by special permission only.

Room VI. Modern objects in five divisions; 1523-1611, 1611-1654,
16541718, 1718-181)9, and 1309 to the present time. This collection contains
some very valuable objects, many of which belonged to Swedish monarchs.

We now return to the staircase, pass the ‘Garderobe’ on the
first landing, ascend the white marble steps to the —

First Floor, and by a door on the left enter the —

Ceramic Collection, which fills two rooms with its 4500
specimens.

Room I. To the left of the entrance is a large Moorish-Spanish

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