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Description: | An incomplete and squashed top section from a circular/globe incense burner; the remaining portion is approximately 2/3 of the top 'dome' which is of open-work with evenly spaced semi-circular integrally cast centrally perforated lugs around the perimeter, one of which has the remains of an iron pin or bar through the perforation. The open-work is in the form of very devolved tree of life designs sometimes seen on late Saxon strap-ends; at the top of the dome are 4 pitched roofed; straight sided 'dormer' type 'gablettes' in a cross formation each of which is about 24mm wide and 15.49 high; each has a pair of arched openings on the front face which have been further decorated with an engraved arch; each pair has a small round opening above. Where these 'gablettes' meet at the top of the dome is a gently tapering cylinder shaped 'chimney pot' topped with an integrally cast shallow cone at the centre of which is a loop. The entire outside of the object has been decorated with cross hatched incising. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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