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Description: | Fragment from a copper alloy and enamelled circular escutcheon or mount from an Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl of 7th century AD date. Less than one quarter of the original disc shaped mount, which would have measured approximately 35mm in diameter, survives, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The fragment is flat, has a curved outer edge and is slightly curved/convex in profile. The exterior surface has the remains of cast and enamelled decoration. This comprises one arm of a probable triskele or similar that perhaps terminates in a stylised pelta or possibly a spiral close to the outer edge of the mount. To each side are the remains of circular or spiralled enamelled zones, and on the outer edge of the triskele arm is a sub-triangular panel with lozenge shaped decoration. Towards what would have been the centre of the mount the triskele arm joins with what appears to be a second arm above a circular or spiralled area at the centre of the mount. The voided zones between the raised copper alloy decoration has traces of a bright red enamel, most of which is now missing due to old breaks. The copper alloy also preserves traces of an added white metal coating that would have covered the entire front face of the mount. The back face of the mount is slightly concave and has a band of added white metal that measures 6.8mm in width. This fragment measures 28.89mm in width, 16.37mm in length, 2.11mm in thickness, and weighs 3.26g. Enough of the exterior edge survives to suggest that when complete it would have had a diameter of approximately 35mm. This appears to be part of an Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl mount of probable 7th century AD date. The presence of intricate triskele motifs is a common feature on these mounts and possible parallels in terms of decoration can be noted in Brenan (Brenan, 1991: nos. 12, 22, 30, 53, 73). Unfortunately not enough of the current example survives to completely reconstruct the decorative motifs and thus to identify a close parallel. This example may have acted as an escutcheon either on the exterior of the bowl or at the centre of the interior of the bowl.
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