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Pitt Rivers Museum

1884.79.10

Bronze penannular brooch


1884.79.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze penannular brooch
Long description
Bronze penannular ring brooch with round fixed pin. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/2/2005]
Geographical reference
"Ireland": ie Ireland or Northern Ireland (UK)
Date
Date collected
By 1870
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal
Dimensions
Length: max 94 mm, Width 73 mm, Depth 21 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.79.10 PR no.: 135/ 1648
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]. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Ornament, Brooch