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A wonderful unearthing of treasure occurred at Petrossa, in Roumania, part of the ancient Roman Dacia. A mass of gold and jewels was exhumed by some peasants, so immense, that the ignorant finders were bewildered, and probably not conceiving that gold could be in such masses, one of them gave a piece of a salver to a tinker to mend his kettle! Ultimately many of the important objects were recovered, and among them extraordinary bird-shaped fibulae, inlaid with precious stones; a gorget, with the garnet ornament in slices; and with these, two torques of Celtic character; the other objects being Gothic and Gotho-Byzantine.
The "Tara" brooch, now in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, was found near Drogheda, and sold to a metal merchant for a shilling! Five hundred pounds were subsequently offered for it. The gold filagree and plaited work is of such delicacy, that it has defied all imitation. |
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