The text panel accompanying the plate states:
PLATE VI.
A CURIOUS and unique gold personal ornament which was probably intended to be worn on the side of the head, so as entirely to cover the ear, or it might be worn by placing the wire over the upper part of, and behind the ear. It is a flat plate of gold of circular shape, cut through into a large scroll, the breadth of which gradually decreases towards the ends, which finish in flat coils of wire. The ornamentation on the surface consists of two lines, one on the inner edge, the other in the centre, between which are graved two rows of triangles, and on the apex of each triangle are from one to five dots, according to the width of the scroll, pressed in with a blunt point. The upper part of the ornament is finished with a corded pattern. The pyramidal designs resemble those of the Celtic mind represented in Plate 5, and the two are probably coeval, this being Etruscan work. It was found at Baiae, and came out of the Campana Collection.
From the Collection of W. H. Forman, Esq.
This is part of the Volume: AL2029 Album of photographs of archaeological finds displayed at the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds in 1868; within the Collection: WXC01 Photographically illustrated book written by William Chaffers of archaeological finds displayed at an exhibition in Leeds in 1868
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Cundall & Fleming
Archaeology, Art And Design, Exhibition
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