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Drawings Bronze Age gold ornaments from Ireland

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.93

Artist/Designer/Maker

Pococke, Richard, Rev Dr - Attributed To

Production date

1773

Material

Paper
Pencil
Pen
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 324mm
Width: 199mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

An ornament of gold found in Ireland, weighing five ounces fifteen penny weight: In the possession of Dr Pococke Bishop of Ossory.

Inscription content

Arch. II pl. J

References

Reference (free text)

Richard Pococke, 'An Account of Some Antiquities Found in Ireland', Archaeologia 2 (1773): 32-41. Illustration (Engraving), fig. 6, pl. I, opp. p. 32.

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 p. 12. Illustration, fig. b, pl. VIII, between pp. 16 and 17.