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| Keywords: Celtic - Ring Brooch - Walters 542342 - Detail.jpg This pin has decorative interlace panels and tri-lobed knots cast on its annular circular ring Tri-lobed knots are often found in Irish illuminated manuscripts of the period where they are a symbol of the Trinity Amber or glass paste studs once filled the now-empty circular hollows This pin was found at Ballinderry Crannog once the fortified lake dwelling of a local Irish king century 9 Medieval bronze formerly set with stones or glass pastes cm 9 8 2 7 0 8 accession number 54 2342 29094 Robert Day Cork date and mode of acquisition unknown Robert Day Sale Sotheby Wilkinson Hodge London May 19-22 1913 no 384 William Randolph Hearst Joseph Brummer Paris Joseph Brummer Sale Parke-Bernet Galleries New York May 11-14 1949 no 277 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Medieval Art Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa 1965 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Ireland Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Penannular brooches Celtic art | ||||
