Accession No

1926.136


Description

Large, thin copper alloy torc. Circular cross-section, and broken in one place. The outer surface is decorated with raised ridges in a 'baluster' pattern, with wider ridges separated by several narrower ridges.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Brittany; Morbihan; Arradon


Period

Bronze Age ?Early Iron Age


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Aveneau de la Grancière, Paul (Comte) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.136; 36


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; ?Bronze; Copper Alloy


Local Term


Measurements

121mm


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label: '?EARLY IRON AGE BRONZE TORC ARRADON, MORBIHAN CLARKE GIFT'.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Related Documents)
Label as follows: '36. Torques ornamente en bronze. Trouve a Arradon, (Morbihan) vers 1857'.
[Label not seen, 11/04/2024]
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought by the donor from the collection of the Comte Aveneau de la Granciere
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1857
Event Date 1857
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Large ring of ?thine bronze, (?torc) annular. Cylindrical section; outer surface decorated with alternate broad and narrow ribs - 'baluster pattern'.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large, thin copper alloy torc. Circular cross-section, and broken in one place. The outer surface is decorated with raised ridges in a 'baluster' pattern, with wider ridges separated by several narrower ridges.
Event Date 11/4/2024
Author: Esther Laver


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