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Culture: Early Christian Material: Stone Dims: L 8.4cm W 4.5cm Accession No: HCA 688 Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick.  Partially complete mould for casting small items of jewellery. It is a rectangular stone with one broken end. One face has 2 valves for buttons or pin heads of spiral design. Each is deeply cut to a rounded point with 3 concentric steps. The outline of a third valve is visible. The central valve has an etched outline of a large ring. Two valves have the beginnings of incised pouring channels. Such casting moulds date in Ireland from Prehistory to Medieval times and are found in ringforts and crannógs. 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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