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Needwood Forest Gold Torc 50 BC
Gold | 180.0 cm; 427.0 g (Weight) (whole object) | RCIN 69741
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A twisted gold alloy neck torc with cast cushion terminals. The neck ring was made in three stages, initially sixteen pairs of wires were coiled in pairs, the resultant eight components again twisted to four strands, in turn twisted. The strands are held in cast, chased and engraved cushion terminals.
Provenance
Buried in Needwood Forest c.75BC. Found in 1848; as per a report ‘Read on 8th June 1848’ by Sir Henry Ellis ‘picked up a few days ago in a Wood, belonging to the Queen as Duchess of Lancaster, in Needwood Forest in Staffordshire. A new Fox-earth had been made just at the place, and the Cubs appeared to have been sporting with the Torquis, which it is supposed they dug up. It was found in its present state (see Plate VIII) by the Keeper at the mouth of the hole.’ (Ellis 1849, 175).
The design is comparable with the Glascote Torc, now in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. -
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Medium and techniques
Gold
Measurements
180.0 cm; 427.0 g (Weight) (whole object)
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