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Description: | Copper alloy mount or escutcheon with a single hole, diam 2.5mm, roughly pierced through one corner The piece is three sided, each side being an arc. The front is decorate all over with excised circles in spirals centred on each corner. The circles contain millefiori enamel consisting of 0.5mm squares in white and dark grey arranged as a checkerboard. There are further traces of white (?) enamel in parts of the spirals and around the central triangle. It is very slightly curved to give a slightly concave back - it may be intended to be flat.The back is smooth, with slight traces of a thin white metal layer which could be either ornamental or traces of solder for attachment. Possibly a vessel escutcheon, ?early-mid Anglo-Saxon.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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