Ancient Irish Jewelry
Irish Bronze Age (3500-1100 BCE)
Copper in early work - Ireland rich in Cu deposits
Tin + Copper = Bronze (much stronger!)
Gold also frequently used for ornaments/jewelry
Influences: Hallstatt Culture (Proto-Celtic/Pre-Celt/Iron Age)12th to 8th Centuries BCLa Tene Culture (Celtic Era)ca. Mid-5th Cent BC (fl.) Viking & Saxon Influences
Gold ribbon torc Belfast 3rd Century
Gold Dress Fastener Co. Monaghan 800-700 BC
Gleninsheen Gorget The Burren, Co. Clare 800-700 BC
'An Archdruid in his Judicial Habit' From Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands S. R. Meyrick & C. H. Smith (1815)
The Broighter Hoard Limavady, Co. Londonderry La Tene style, 1st Cent. BC
Cashel Brooch, Co. Tipperary 9th-10th Cent AD
Zoomorphic Brooch Antrim, 6th Cent. AD
Roscrea Brooch Co. Tipperary 8th-9th Cent AD
Kilmainham Brooch Co. Dublin Late 9th Cent. AD
Londesborough Brooch8th to 9th Cent AD
The Tara Brooch Bettystown, Co. Meath Late 7th/Early 8th Cent AD
Hunterston Brooch
Trial Pieces Bone, Slate
References & Further Reading / Ancient Irish "Eye Candy" : Irish History in 100 Objects: https://100objects.ie
Passage Mounds: www.ancient-wisdom.com/passagemounds.htm
The Broighter Hoard: http://irisharchaeology.ie/2012/09/the-broighter-hoard/ National Museum of Ireland: www.museum.ie List of Hoards in Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Ireland Electrotype Fascimile of Tara Brooch: https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=1916.06.0022 Treasures of Early Irish Art 1500 BC to 1500 AD. Exhibition Catalogue; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1977.
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Ancient Irish Jewelry
Irish Bronze Age (3500-1100 BCE)
Copper in early work - Ireland rich in Cu deposits
Tin + Copper = Bronze (much stronger!)
Gold also frequently used for ornaments/jewelry
Influences: Hallstatt Culture (Proto-Celtic/Pre-Celt/Iron Age)12th to 8th Centuries BCLa Tene Culture (Celtic Era)ca. Mid-5th Cent BC (fl.) Viking & Saxon Influences
Gold ribbon torc Belfast 3rd Century
Gold Dress Fastener Co. Monaghan 800-700 BC
Gleninsheen Gorget The Burren, Co. Clare 800-700 BC
'An Archdruid in his Judicial Habit' From Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands S. R. Meyrick & C. H. Smith (1815)
The Broighter Hoard Limavady, Co. Londonderry La Tene style, 1st Cent. BC
Cashel Brooch, Co. Tipperary 9th-10th Cent AD
Zoomorphic Brooch Antrim, 6th Cent. AD
Roscrea Brooch Co. Tipperary 8th-9th Cent AD
Kilmainham Brooch Co. Dublin Late 9th Cent. AD
Londesborough Brooch8th to 9th Cent AD
The Tara Brooch Bettystown, Co. Meath Late 7th/Early 8th Cent AD
Hunterston Brooch
Trial Pieces Bone, Slate
References & Further Reading / Ancient Irish "Eye Candy" : Irish History in 100 Objects: https://100objects.ie Passage Mounds: www.ancient-wisdom.com/passagemounds.htm The Broighter Hoard: http://irisharchaeology.ie/2012/09/the-broighter-hoard/ National Museum of Ireland: www.museum.ie List of Hoards in Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoards_in_Ireland Electrotype Fascimile of Tara Brooch: https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=1916.06.0022 Treasures of Early Irish Art 1500 BC to 1500 AD. Exhibition Catalogue; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1977.