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• metal ingots

• early medieval

• acquisition of raw materials

wax casting decor

chip carving decor

kerbschnitt

engraving decor

chasing punching decor

filigree decor

pressblech decor

carve bone, brush with oil, press down

trichinopoly decor

enamel decor

opaque form of glass, softer than glass

millefiori

long sticks of glass rods

glass stud decor

amber

from baltic region

ringed pin

7th century +

• tara brooch

  • 8th century AD

filigree example on tara brooch

pseudopenannular brooch

trichinopoly on tara brooch

human faces on tara brooch

la tene spirals on back of tara brooch

bossed penannular brooch

9th century

thistle brooch

10th century

lough gara and lagore belt buckles

7-8th century ad

moylough belt shrine

ecclesiastical metalwork

8th century

house shaped shrines

ecclesiastical metalwork

ardagh chalice

ardagh chalice

ardagh chalice girdle

ardagh chalice interlace/filigree

ardagh chalice zoomorphic interlace

ardagh chalice rivets/studs

ardagh chalice roundel

ardagh chalice kerbschnitt chip carving

armagh chalice under foot mounting, rock crystal