Neck-torque, dress pin & two rings

Irish

Ulster Museum

20th Century

Neck-torqe from twisted ribbon with recurved button terminals, diam,15 cm. Cup-headed dress pin, head set at right angles to the shaft, L.8 cm. Two rings made from twisted bars with drawn-out terminals, diam, 2.5 & 2 cm. Purchased as Bronze Age artefacts, but since discovered to be 20th century fakes from modern gold.

• Medium: gold
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £5,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1968
• Vendor: Kurt Ticher

Provenance

John Ball; John Hunt; K.Ticher

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