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Description: | A copper alloy casket or altar cross fitting dating to the twelfth or thirteenth centuries AD. The style and decoration of the fitting is characteristic of ecclesiastical metalwork produced at Limoges, France in the medieval period. The mount would have been in the form of a robed saint however all that remains of him is the head and part of the neck. The damaged head is in the form of a male wearing a crown. One eye is depicted by a blue enamelled pellet; the other is now missing. The neck is broken at the base as it widens into the shoulders.
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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