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Description: | An enamelled copper-alloy mount of early-medieval date. This mount probably originates from a 7th century hanging-bowl. Parallels for the ??Celtic style?? pattern on this piece can be paralleled with that on the mounts on a hanging-bowl found at Badley, Suffolk (see West, 1998, p. 316, fig. 157). A similar mount was also found at Barham, Suffolk (West, p. 7, no. 6.59).
The mount is circular in plan and has a slight curvature, which is consistent with the bowl-mount theory. The cast decoration is contained within a raised rim. It consists of four equally spaced wave-like swirls, each with an angular top corner, which radiate outwards from a central point. The voids within these openwork swirls are filled with enamel, approximately two thirds of which survives in-situ. The surface of the enamel is a dull yellowish-brown, but this may simply be a corrosion product covering various original colours. On the reverse of the mount are traces of a black substance which may be a glue or corroded solder.
The mount measures 21.3mm in diameter, 1.8mm thick and weighs 3.75g. | Subjects: | Mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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