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| Keywords: Irish Celtic - Pin with Spiral Head - Walters 542340 - Detail.jpg This elegantly tapering bronze pin has an unusual finial made by dividing the stem at the head and curving one stem backward into a spiral Spiral-headed pins with two outward curling spirals have been found in Ireland and in 7th- and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon sites This example was found at Armagh Northern Ireland in 1886 Armagh was an important royal site from pre-historic times into the Christian era and from the mid-5th century AD onwards the See of Saint Patrick Ireland's patron saint century 6 8 Early Medieval bronze cm 22 7 1 2 0 6 accession number 54 2340 699 Found in Armagh Northern Ireland 1886 Robert Day Cork Ireland date and mode of acquisition unknown Robert Day Sale Sotheby Wilkinson Hodge London May 19-22 1913 no 355 William Randolph Hearst California Joseph Brummer Paris Joseph Brummer Sale Parke-Bernet New York May 11-14 1949 no 276 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Padua Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Celtic jewellery Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Celtic art | ||||
