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Description: | Medieval ecclesiastical mount (or Limoges enamel), dating to 13th century and probably made at Limoges in France. The front of the panel depicts a draped figure holding arms open to both the left and right in a blessing. The figure has a halo (and possibly a crown) and the head is tipped slightly down and to the right. It is possible this figure depicts Christ but there are notable similarities between it and the depiction of the soul of St Thomas Becket rising to heaven found on the enamelled Becket reliquaries produced in Limoges in the first half of the thirteenth century. The background is dark blue and contains leaf shapes in a lighter blue whilst there is green and red enamel visible on the figurine. The back of the mount is undecorated and appears to nave no evidence of rivet holes for attachment although these would have been around the edge of the mount which has not survived. The piece weighs 15.9g and measures 51.12mm in width and 47.74mm in length (from the top to bottom of the figure). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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