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Description: | Roman mount; cast copper alloy vessel mount in the shape of a griffin. The mount is of probable 1st or 2nd century date and has elements of both classical and iron age design, representing a probable local derivation of a classical type. The mount shows the head and neck of the griffin, with a sharply curving beak and pointed 'ear tufts' on either side of the head. The 'ears' have moulded decoration in the form of a pellet with curving lines leading out of it to form an overall petal shape. There is a raised, pointed oval-shaped panel on the griffin's head, running from between the 'ears' down the back of the neck. The panel is decorated with rows of diagonal hatches, giving the impression of feathers. The feathers near the base of the panel are still inlaid with white-yellow enamel. At the neck of the griffin the mount flares out to a curved base, below which is a tapered base section decorated with two raised, slanting ridges with a triangle between, forming an inverse triangular void to either side of the moulded triangle. There is now no indication of whether either of these voids were originally inlaid. The reverse of the mount is hollowly incuse. The whole has a patchy patina with areas of some corrosion, meaning that much of the original surface is now missing.Height 42.1mm, width 28.9mm, thickness (front of beak to back of head) 24.5mm, weight 24.83gRef: Jope, E M "Early Celtic Art in the British Isles", page 270, numbers 180a-f
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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