ear-ring
- Museum number
- 1933,0405.14
- Description
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Silver earring; openwork wire basket pendant topped by conical wire spiral terminating in silver hemisphere; stout wire hoop with flat rhomboidal plate with collared settings; type broadly as ear-rings 1933,0405.2-13 above; pair with ear-ring 1933,0405.15.
- Production date
- 7thC-8thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 centimetres
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Weight: 14.70 grammes
- Curator's comments
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Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS) [comment relating to registration nos. 1933,0405.12-21]
Provenance:
Hungary; unrecorded, but probably from Keszthely or environs; unregistered museum duplicates from 19th century excavations in the area were exchanged or sold at this time
Purchased from:
The Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum with the aid of the National Art Collections Fund
Published (the group):
SMITH R.A. 1933b. Ornaments of Keszthely Type, BMQ VIII, no. 1, London, pp. 46-7 no. 44, pl. XIV
NACF REPORT. 1933b. Ornaments of Keszthely Type, NACF London, 30th Annual Report 1933, London, p. 33 no. 862
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See 'BM Technical Research Bulletin', 4, 2010, p. 58.
- Location
- On display (G41/dc21/sB)
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1933,0405.14