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Description: | Probable early Early-Medieval copper alloy hanging bowl escutcheon, missing the tip of its hooked end.It is 37mm long, weighs 3.38g and is slightly curving in profile. In shape it is rather like a long-necked bird.The breast is 14mm wide, narrowing to 7mm where a slightly forked tail 4mm long extends. It has a 1mm diameter rivet hole at the centre and just below the end of the body.The body itself is slightly raised (2.5mm thick compared with 1.5mm on the wings flanking it) and is triangular within the breast area, being 5mm wide and 17mm long, narrowing to a point just above the rivet hole on the tail. At the widest point of the breast, in the wing area, is a rivet hole on each side 1mm in diameter.The neck is circular in section and 3mm diameter and curves slightly backwards before reaching upwards and inwards over 14mm. It reaches a point which is a little worn and could be broken and presumably represents a beak.On the 'undecorated' side, the escutcheon is smooth and slightly concave. Presuambly the escutcheon was riveted to the hanging bowl and the beak curved round to rest on the rim - which is why it may well have been longer because the angle of rim to beak is not quite right.
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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