Clasp or Clothing Fastener, c. 700/300 BC

  • Irish

Gold

  • Overall: 1 1/8 inches, 0.5 ounces (2.9 cm, 14.7 g)

Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund

54.240

Department

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

County Cork, Ireland

London, Goldschmidt Galleries (dealer), sold 1936

coll. William Randolph Hearst

London, Sotheby & Co., sale of the William Randolph Hearst Collection, 11-12 July 1939, lot 360 (bought in)

[New York, Gimbels Department Store?] sale of the William Randolph Hearst Collection, 1941

New York, Berry-Hill Galleries (dealer), sold 1954 to DIA.

London, Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of the Important Collection of Antiquities, the Property of William Randolph Hearst, 11-12 July 1939, p. 56, lot 360. Robinson, F. W., "Eight Examples of Prehistoric Irish Gold, Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 33, nos. 3-4, 1953-54, p. 64-5, ill. p. 65. Motz, T. A., "A Catalogue of Irish Prehistoric Gold Jewelry in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," unpublished master's thesis, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1978, no. 12, p. 49-52, pl. XVII. Motz, T. A., "Irish Gold in Detroit," Bulletin of the Detroit Institue of Arts, vol. 57, no. 2, 1979, p. 87, fig. 1C.1 (article pp. 83-88, group photo p. 82).

Irish, Clasp or Clothing Fastener, c. 700/300 BC, gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 54.240.