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Celtic Gold
Jewelry
Later Bronze Age c.1200 - 600 B.C. Gold Armlets |
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The most impressive example of these armlets were found in Derrinboy, Co. Offaly, and date to between 1200 - 1000 B.C.
They are decorated with raised ribs of alternately plain and patterned repoussé work.
They come from what is termed as the Bishopsland Phase.
The repoussé technique involved hammering a design onto a piece from the back.
Further Reading:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Treasures of Early Irish Art 1500 B.C. - 1500 A.D. plate 5. p50. 1977 New York.
