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Description: | MED Ae gilt fragment (30 x 33mm) of mount from ?casket or ?vessel, asymmetrical openwork with engraved running foliate decoration and slight flange on remains of curved outside edge. A cast, separate animal-head (7 x 14mm) with tapering upturned snout, moulded eyes and ears and engraved zig-zag along sides, is attached to the centre by an integral rivet on the reverse. The modelling of the head is similar to that on the terminal of an Ae needle dating to the second or third quarter of the 12th century (Cf. English Romanesque Art 1066-1200, no.252). A repeating motif showing a similar three-dimensional head of a beast emerging from curling foliate decoration can be found on a silver drinking cup dating to the last quarter of the 12th century (Cf. English Romanesque Art 1066-1200, no.306). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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