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Description: | Incomplete elaborate Medieval copper alloy gilt and enamelled Limoges buckle plate, rectangular (>37 x 39mm), recessed for frame, broken across the broad central loop, back part missing, two copper alloy rivets at attachment edge, both burred-over on reverse to hold thickness of 2mm. Elaborate enamelled decoration comprises a centaur (with the body of a lion rather than a horse) to dexter reguardant with shield (with traces of blue enamel in the centre and white enamel border) in left hand and club in right on a blue field. The head of the centaur is modelled in relief on the gilt head of a separate rivet (flattened on reverse), with traces of engraving delineating features. The upper part of the centaur is filled with green enamel with bordering yellow enamel. The lion-like lower body has a bifurcated tail, a surviving patch of blue and white enamel on the upper part of the near foreleg and a patch of green and yellow enamel on the upper part of the near rear leg. Probably manufactured at Limoges. Cf. Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350 (New York 1996) 287. Late 12th - early 13th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bales, Ellen - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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