Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 194
mbricated work. There are five of these bells in Ireland and two in Scot-land, but none of them are so fine as the St. Patrick bell.Another beautiful example of Irish metal work is the Tarabrooch (Figs. 137 and 138). It is made of white metal, ahard bronze composed of tin and copper. The gold and… … Fig. 139.—Irish TiiimpetPattern. 176 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. perhaps anterior to the tenth century. The trumpetpattern, which is not found on Irish work after 1050,occurs on the reverse side of the Tara brooch (Fig. 138). •t-isar^jj. -.Jil-J.l.. .i.^..-*- . L:-,.J1-J-1t„—,?
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