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Drawings Bronze Age gold bracelet from Ireland

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.82

Artist/Designer/Maker

Pococke, Richard, Rev Dr - Attributed To

Production date

Circa 1757
1773

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 89mm
Width: 99mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

A Bracelet of fine Gold found in Ireland
weighing 3½ oz 12 gr abt 1¾ In high.

Inscription content

See the Minutes of 20th Jan. 1757

References

Reference (free text)

Richard Pococke, 'An Account of Some Antiquities Found in Ireland', Archaeologia 2 (1773): 32-41. Illustration (Engraving), fig. 5, pl. III, opp. p. 38.

Reference (free text)

Michael Herity, 'Early Finds of Irish Antiquities from the Minute-Books of the Society of Antiquaries of London', Antiquaries Journal 49 (1969): 1-21. See especially pp. 11-12. Illustration, fig. b, pl. X, between pp. 16 and 17.