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Description: | A copper-alloy plaque or mount 26mm square and 2mm thick with a hole at each corner for fixing screws or pins, and a central circular cruciform pattern on one side enriched with enamels. The motif consists of a central equal-armed cross, shown in red or brown enamel. This was further outlined by enamel of a second colour which has now completely degraded, leaving a recessed channel where it is lost. The missing colour not only outlined the central cross, but at the tip of each arm it splayed into three small arms or prongs, each ending with a ball or circle. As a background to this, the circular field was shown in blue enamel, much of which survives. This ornamental mount was presumably intended to form part of a book or casket covering, or was attached to some other furnishing or article in a religious context. It is probably 13th century, when enamelling was fashionable for harness pendants and religious caskets and figurines. The enamel fields are not cloisonne or champleve, as would be more usual in Anglo-Saxon enamelling.
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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