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Description: | Cast copper-alloy bridle boss. Circular with alternating short and slightly longer knops around the circumference. Raised central dome which is decorated with a large central pellet surrounded by an eight-lobed concave-sided star, with radial lines forming eight segments which are infilled with alternating blue and white enamel. Beyond this and between each of the lobes is a pellet, inset within alternating blue and white enamel. The outer border is sub-divided into twelve segments and each has a moulded depiction of one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, also inset within alternating blue and white enamel fields. Plain outer border.Only traces of the enamel now survives. Two rivet holes. .
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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