Lock ring - Wikipedia
WEBA lock ring, also spelled lock-ring, is a late Bronze Age penannular (incomplete ring) hair ornament. Typically in gold, the intricate, decorative jewellery is recognized for its highly skilled workmanship.
lock-ring - British Museum
WEBGold penannular lock-ring. It has a triangular cross-section with beaten face plates soldered together and secured by a C-shaped binding strip, resulting in a hollow ring. The central tube and side plates are formed from the same sheet.
Lock-Rings - finds.org.uk
WEBLock-Rings Ornaments, whose function is unknown, made from gold plates in triangular cross-section and secured by a binding strip, resulting in a hollow ring. The face plates can be decorated with repoussé decoration or with …
Late Bronze Age Gold - National Museum of Ireland
WEBSolid objects, cast or made from bars and ingots, such as bracelets, dress-fasteners and neck-rings, contrast with gorgets, ear-spools and discs made of sheet gold. Gold wire was also used in a number of ways but especially to produce the …
WEBWith only five objects the Late Bronze Age hoard from Urswick is small but its contents have been well preserved (Figure 1). The hoard consists of one gold penannular arm-ring or bracelet, three so-called gold ‘lock-rings’ and one cast copper-alloy socketed axe fragment.
Article | A Late Bronze Age Gold Lock-ring from Chirnside | ID ...
WEBIn 2019 a decorated gold penannular ring was found during metal-detecting at Chirnside in the Scottish Borders. This type of ring, typically refereed to as a 'lock-ring', dates to the Late Bronze Age (c/1150-800 BC).
Late Bronze Age gold lock ring - Collections Online
WEBLate Bronze Age gold lock ring This is a small, gold penannular ring, which has been crushed nearly flat and is damaged at one end and on one face. This damage is a mixture of recent activity, and a prehistoric action.
Late Bronze Age gold penannular lock ring - Collections Online
WEBThis is a small, hollow, penannular ring of sheet gold with a triangular shaped cross-section. It is formed of two conical plates, joined base-to-base, to create a biconical form. The outer edge is bound by a round-sectioned wire, which has been soldered to the plates.
Bronze Age gold - The Portable Antiquities Scheme
WEBThe Portable Antiquities Scheme database comprises 83 gold finds from England and Wales dating from the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age (c.2500 - 800/700 BC). The study of these objects provides a range of information useful to increase our knowledge of prehistoric society.
Bronze age gold lockrings with cores of wax and wood
WEBIntroduction Lock-rings (fig. 1) are a Late Bronze Age type (c. 1000750 Be), the finest examples of which are found in Ireland, but they are also known from Britain and western France. The Irish examples are almost all hollow shells made up of individual gold wires with a binding strip along the edge.