by Tess Machling
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Although I am in no way a goldsmith, I do have the kind of family lineage that suggests my dalliances with Iron Age gold might not just be a lucky co-incidence. Having been to the Goldsmiths' Fair in Goldsmiths …
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] On 3rd July 2025 an important exhibition opened at L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewellery Arts in Paris. The poster from the exhibition. Working with Van Cleef & Arpels, the Centre Archéologique de Montans, the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and …
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('Iron Age Dialogues' conference, Cardiff, 30th April to 2nd May 2025.) by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15389794 Introduction Although there is an intention to publish the proceedings of the Cardiff conference, for me, publication in print will …
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15264348 Following on from my earlier blogs on detecting and torcs and access and ownership of finds, I wanted to look in greater detail at these topics and discuss the impact that …
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By Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Featured image: Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren As any of you who follow me on social media will know, over the years I have become increasingly concerned about who owns, or who believes they own, our heritage (and by ‘our’ I …
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by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15181315 (For details of all the finds referred to, please see the recently published Snettisham Hoards volumes, which can be downloaded for free from HERE.) Abstract Hoard F, from the Snettisham 'gold …
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by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper]. This paper can be cited as DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15181346. While I was perusing the Snettisham volumes, I happened to notice an image of a tubular torc from Hoard A at Snettisham, torc A.1. This torc was found by Ray Williamson …
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper]. This paper can be cited as DOI Â 10.5281/zenodo.15181375 A friend (thank you David!) today reminded me of something I've been intending to write about for quite a long time, but never quite got round to. As it's Christmas and …
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction The recently published Snettisham hoard volumes are long awaited, and contain much that is of use and interest to anyone studying Iron Age Britain. However, as a gold researcher, working with a team of goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewellers and …
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by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14193776 Introduction A few months ago, I received an email from Andrew Fitzpatrick, a fellow Iron Age specialist, regarding something he had seen in Christopher Tripp's book, Thurrock’s Deeper Past: a confluence of …
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The Big Book of Torcs 