The Petrie Crown is another example of the La Tene

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The Petrie Crown is another example of the La Téne / Celtic style of metalworking, which displays the REPEATING, SYMMETRICAL design so loved by the CELTS. Here we have an object made of BRONZE pieces which are RIVETED together. There is a Bronze Band forming the basic circular shape onto which are attached the Circular Discs, ( on the outer circumference ). These are decorated with the FAMILIAR BIRD'S heads, forming the centres of the SPIRAL DESIGNS. WITHIN this series of CONCAVE DISC'S are a series of GOBLET type pieces, which were PIERCED / CUT out of a BRONZE sheet, and riveted together to form the " CROWN " itself. The Horn’s were again cut from sheets of Bronze, and FORMED / BEATEN / ROLLED into their CONICAL shapes. The RAISED designs were lined in, and the centre's have a decorative bead SET into them.

The Sword is evidence for the FORGING of IRON, i.e. Iron heated in a forge, and over time beaten by the BLACKSMITH into a finely EDGED WEAPON. The CELTS were a " WAR LIKE PEOPLE", and HEAD HUNTERS. The SHAFT / BLADE TAPERS gradually to its point. The handle is designed to fit the hand of its SPECIFIC owner, and may? have had a decorative BONE set piece . These swords were meant to maime and kill, either in a SLASHING or STABBING style, i.e. SKIRMISH or HAND to HAND fighting. In many instances these swords were broken in half when their owner died, and either buried with them, or thrown into a lake as an offering to their GOD'S? .

This Bronze Enamelled Pin consists of the Pin, topped by a SEMICIRCULAR BROOCH. It has two enamelled circles with one of the CELTIC SUN SYMBOLS on each of them, in BLACK / DARK BLUE enamel, ( today we would refer to this as the MALTESE Cross, or Chi-Rò Cross of the Christian Period ).The central LOZENGE / DIAMOND has an INNER Red Enamelled L./D. design surrounded by Orange dots, on a Yellow Base colour. The outer top of the " BROOCH " has two MOUNTED Semi Precious stones between, and above which is a ring attachment for a CHAIN?. This Celtic BROOCH could be regarded as a stepping stone to the PENANULAR BROOCHES of the Christian Period.