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Description: | A copper-alloy hanging bowl mount of probable early seventh century AD date. The object consists of a decorated circular disc with a suspension hook and ring at the top. The disc measures 36.6mm diameter by 1.8mm thick. Its upper surface has an ornate cast decorative circular panel within a thin border. At the centre of the design are two peltas which are joined by a narrow horizontal channel and are filled with a lozenge pattern. A pair of circular swirls sit above and below the peltas. Traces of red enamel remain within the recessed design. The reverse of the disc shows traces of tinning. The hook emanates from the top of the disc. It is backward facing and has two moulded collars at its base and a zoomorphic head at its distal end. A copper-alloy ring found nearby is likely to have been associated with the mount. It is heavily pitted and measures 22mm diameter by 4.1mm thick. The object as a whole (including the ring) measures 58.8mm high by 36.6mm wide and 12.5mm thick. It weighs 19.36g. It is damaged and corroded. These objects are status household goods, originating from late Roman table ware and continuing during the Anglo-Saxon period. Later, but differing decorative forms are known in the Viking period. They are of non-Saxon manufacture but the country of their origin is still not determined. No exact parallel for this piece could be found but elements of the design, for example the peltas, are comparable with examples from Driffield and Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. The lozenge grid pattern decorating the central field is paralleled on a latchet dress fastener from Dowris, Co. Offaly, Ireland (6th - 7th century), and on other pieces of the period. The object would have been one of four discs which would have adorned a hanging bowl.
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