Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 139
ENT. present subject, we must notice as coming under the headof enamels that beautiful Irish relic known as the ArdaghChalice. (Fig. 102.) The body of the cup is silver withabout one-third or one-fourth of copper alloy. It is awonderful mixture of metals, there being gold, silver,copper, bronze,… … Fig. 102.—The Ardagh Chalice ; Irish Celtic Work. Height, 7 inches. which each little panel is different; it is said that fortydistinct varieties in the designs can be traced, consistingof interlaced bands of Celtic twistings, knots, andarabesques: each compartment of the principal belt ofornament…
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