[Bigg Red]

...two bronze latticework sheets....

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Trying to get my brain around the beauty and the intricacy of the work on that bronze. I wonder how long that would have taken, given the tools and techniques available at the time. Amazing.

[SunkenCiv]

They made really nice bronze in the Bronze Age. :’)

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_rillaton_gold_cup.aspx

https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/t/the_ringlemere_gold_cup.aspx

https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/6%20Chapt.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_working_in_the_Bronze_Age_British_Isles