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Jewellery (1908)

Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960 · London : Methuen and co · leaf 108

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aces ; alsothat the more decorative rings were earrings. Butit is quite impossible to determine their actual use aspersonal ornaments. Massive torques employed by the Celts for thepurpose of adorning the neck are occasionally foundof pure gold. They consist of a long piece of metaltwisted and… … PREHISTORIC GOLD ORNAMENTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES LATE CELTIC of gold twisted spirally, others of a flat bar twistedin a lighter manner, or of more than one bar twistedtogether. Gold ornaments for the arms, known by the termarmillcB, are sometimes of the same thickness through-out. It is more usual…

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