Gold torc, by Emil Ferdinand Dahl

An image of Jewellery. Torc. Dahl, Emil Ferdinand (Danish, d. 1879). Formed by two overlapping tubes, each with a concealed hinge, fastening at centre back. Inscribed on the underside at the front 'M. Halkett d 24 Debr 1868'. In original light red leather case (A), lined with purple velvet and silk, bearing a black label, printed in gold 'E.F. DAHL,/ Hof-Juveleer,/ Østergade 53./ KJØBENHAVN’. Gold with engraved decoration, diameter, whole, 14.6 cm, circa 1857 to circa 1868. Archaeological Style. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy. Production Note: The design of this necklet was based on a necklet, probably of the early 5th century AD found in 1857 in Øland (Hjørring county), a small island west of Aalborg in Limfjorden, now in the National Museum, Copenhagen, inv. no. 16398.

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Jewellery. Torc. Dahl, Emil Ferdinand (Danish, d. 1879). Formed by two overlapping tubes, each with a concealed hinge, fastening at centre back. Inscribed on the underside at the front 'M. Halkett d 24 Debr 1868'. In original light red leather case (A), lined with purple velvet and silk, bearing a black label, printed in gold 'E.F. DAHL,/ Hof-Juveleer,/ Østergade 53./ KJØBENHAVN’. Gold with engraved decoration, diameter, whole, 14.6 cm, circa 1857 to circa 1868. Archaeological Style. Acquisition Credit: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy. Production Note: The design of this necklet was based on a necklet, probably of the early 5th century AD found in 1857 in Øland (Hjørring county), a small island west of Aalborg in Limfjorden, now in the National Museum, Copenhagen, inv. no. 16398.

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Accession Number: M.10 & A-1983
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3D II-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 929 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Filesize: 237.44kB
Exposure time: 4294967/536870912
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 905969664/33554432
Captured: 2009:04:04 12:05:46

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