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Description: | ?MED Gilded and enamelled cast silver square/lozenge shaped ?mount. Square base with deep profile with irregular rounded knops at each corner. Top cross-hatched. At the centre of the top a second square, also with rounded corner knops, is placed at an offset angle to the base. This latter square has a raised border decorated with oblique slashes, within which is a quatrefoil/cruciform design surrounded by blue/black enamel. Whole piece hollow at back with the remains of a sheet of silver covering the hollow. Dimensions of base circa 20mm x 19mm. Exact date and function unknown - possibly 10th-12th C. +. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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