Schifferstadt gold hat

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Schifferstadt gold hat from Speyer, Germany, BC. One of several hats found in 1835, buried in a pit resting on a slab of burnt clay with 3 bronze axes. Each hat is made from a relatively small gold ingot of hammered into a wafer-thin cone while repeatedly heating the metal so it anneals or softens to avoid brittleness and tearing. To prevent the gold distorting during the hammering.

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