Drawings Bronze Age gold torque fragments from Dorset
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.264
Production date
1849
1850
1850
Material
paper
ink
printer's ink
ink
printer's ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving
Woodcut
Engraving
Woodcut
Dimensions
Height: 200mm
Width: 120mm
Width: 120mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
GOLD ORNAMENTS DISCOVERED IN DORSETSHIRE.
Inscription content
Fig. D Fragments of tube, with beads attached, separate beads, and portions of a solid rod of gold.
Weight, 19 dwt. 7 gr. Same size as the originals.
In the possession of the Right Hon. Lord Digby.
Weight, 19 dwt. 7 gr. Same size as the originals.
In the possession of the Right Hon. Lord Digby.
Inscription content
Arch Inst. VII. 65
References
Reference (free text)
'Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 7 (1850): 64-5.
Illustration (Engraving) opp. p. 65.
Reference (free text)
Joan J Taylor, Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980), p. 80.
The item is a proof or cutting from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).
