Mould for a ring brooch

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Culture: Early Christian. Material: Soapstone. Dims: H 6.1cm W 5.9cm. Accession No: HCA 686. Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick. A valve with moulds for penannular ring-brooches on both sides. One negative is for a ribbed ring with slightly expanded, triangular terminals. Pouring channels are located at the terminal ends. Depressions in two corners indicate where other valve was secured. The reverse has a negative for a plain ring with spheroid terminals and a smaller ring with small spheroid terminals. Pouring channels are visible for both. There is an ogham inscription on one edge. More.

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HuntMuseum
The Hunt Museum preserves and exhibits the original artefacts gathered, over a lifetime, by John and Gertrude Hunt and known as the Hunt Collection. The Museum also displays its own collections, as well as visiting exhibitions of Local, National and International significance with the overall aim of maximising their cultural and educational potential for the people of Limerick and Ireland.

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