1910.16.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Cast of Celtic torque. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/2/2005]

Long description

Cast of a Celtic torque decorated on the upper surface with scrolling motifs and circular depressions. The cast has been painted a dark green 'bronze' colour. [SM (Verve) 13/6/2016]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

[England Somerset North Somerset Wraxall Birdcombe Court]

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Charles Thornton Coathupe

PRM source Edwin Wise (or Weise) Coathupe

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1836 Archaeological period: Iron Age

Date collected

[1836] By 1910

Acquisition information

Donated: 1910

Materials and processes

Material Plaster, Material Pigment, Process Cast, Process Painted

Dimensions

Diameter: max 178 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1910.16.1

Research and responses

There are two Wraxalls in Somerset, this is the one in the north of the county [AP 21/08/2006]

This may be the torque [or rather the cast of the torque] mentioned in http://www.gcec.org.uk/community/nailsea+-+tower+house+wood.asp 'The 15th Century Tower House, giving the Wood its name, is at Birdcombe Court. An Iron Age bronze torque was found in the vicinity (ST479719) in the 19th Century.' [AP 03/01/2007]

The original object that this cast was made from is part of the Bristol Museum's collections (accession number E1784) Their online database gives a manufacture date of Iron Age (?50AD) [SM (Verve) 28/9/2016]

Search terms: Reproduction, Ornament, Cast, Neck Ornament