Gold, platinum and silver

For over four thousand years ago, Ireland were blacksmiths creating jewelry Celtic gold and silver and other metals valuable. Irish decorative jewelry examples date from the Bronze Age, there are some four thousand years. Celtic Many of these pieces of jewelry were were likely functional and decorative elements as everyday items such as clothing fasteners, fastening devices, weapons and utensils for eating or cooking. gold Celtic formed the basis of much of the artwork from that period.

Up to 400 tons of copper mined in the south-west of Ireland in County Kerry and Cork, and alloys with tin brought from Cornwall, England. Many bronze objects have been exported to the mainland of Ireland during this period. And copper, jewelry craftsmen developed Celtic Irish gold. There are many examples of rings, earrings, necklaces can be found at the National Museum of Ireland.

Ireland has been a source relatively rich in gold ore that has created a cottage industry in the production of Celtic jewelry. This is not only demonstrated by the considerable number of gold ornaments and objects dating from the Bronze Age have been unearthed in Ireland but also by the variety of Irish gold objects have been discovered throughout Europe.

Initially, this Productio Celtic gold jewelry consisting essentially of simple shapes (like croissants) and leaf discs of gold. Subsequently, Goldsmiths of Ireland this the complex intertwining Celtic, Celtic spirals.

Besides the golden couple, bronze age workers Ireland produced a series earrings in gold and other Celtic jewelry. Examples include the large relics Lunal, bracelets, earrings and brooches, beads and torques. The pottery was also made, but Vase Bronze Age pottery was - a European-style ceramics from very different background artifact type circuit of the Neolithic period.

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