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Enamels (1912)

Dawson, Nelson, Mrs · London : Methuen & Co. Ltd. · leaf 104

An illustration from Enamels, 1912, leaf 104
redyears has been in the Ashmolean Museum atOxford and the subject of much learned discus-sion and conjecture, and although but small, beingless than two and a half inches long, and rude inworkmanship, is one of the most precious relics ofour countrys history. The jewel is oval in shape, and the… … cloisonn:^ enamels 71 supposed to be seated and holding in his handwhat is generally taken to be a sceptre burstinginto the leaf or blossom so often seen in Irishdesigns, notably in the Book of Kells. The groundis coloured blue, the drapery green, and some-times a spot of red, and the flesh is of…

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