1884.79.3

Collection type

Object

Description

Silver brooch

Long description

Engraved silver brooch in the form of a flat ring, with pin, incised and inlaid. Inscribed on reverse 'NSM MM I 1786'. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/12/2004]

Geographical reference

Ireland, Republic of

Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of

Ireland County Limerick Kilmallock

Cultural groups

Irish

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector John Lindsay

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: 1400-1500?, uncertain Archaeological period: Medieval

Date collected

By 1870

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Silver Metal, Material Niello, Process Incised, Process Inlaid, Process Inscribed, Process Niello

Dimensions

Length: max 77 mm, Width 75 mm, Depth 6 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.79.3 PR no.: 152/ 1655

Research and responses

A Sotheby sale of Lindsay objects took place on 8 April 1868. The Lugt number is 30411. There is a copy at the British Museum. [Dan Hicks 30/07/2013]

Since John Lindsay is probably the numismatist and antiquarian from Co. Cork (born 1789, and died 31 December 1870). This object was collected before April 1868, and perhaps considerably earlier than this date. [Dan Hicks 30/05/2012]

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object may have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4]. Niello is the process of engraving silver or other metals and filling the incised lines of the design with a black metallic amalgam [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Ornament, Writing, Brooch, Inscription