ear-ring
- Museum number
- 1926,0511.20
- Description
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Copper alloy earring: similar to no 19; wire basket fixed pendant topped by conical wire spiral (one side damaged), terminating in collared inlay; stout wire hoop with flat rhomboidal plate with collared glass(?) settings, or more likely tin/lead alloy inserted either as decoration or to secure a missing component.
- Production date
- 7thC-8thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.50 centimetres
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Weight: 13.67 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS)
Provenance:
Keszthely, Zala-megye (formerly Veszprém-megye), Hungary; registration nos. 1926,0511.17-30 from two graves
Purchased from:
László (Ladislaus) Mautner, as registration no. 1926,0511.2, who, in 1924 and 1926, acquired a series of duplicates from the Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
See registration no. 1926,0511.2 for details on publications relating to the group
See also 1926,0511.19
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1926,0511.20
