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Description: | Enamelled copper alloy disc, probably an elaborate harness boss. The object is a flat circular disc with an incomplete, integral circular stud in the centre of the reverse. The face of the boss is highly decorated with a symmetrical pattern. The pattern has a large six-pointed star in the centre with the outer angles touching the perimeter of the disc. The lines of the star are set in green enamel and overlap with each other. Each triangle created at the tip of the star is decorated with an interior perimeter of white enamel, which itself is further divided by a curved line and a straight line creating three further cells. The interior of these cells are filled with green enamel. The interior of the star is decorated with a hexagonal perimeter of red enamel enclosing more green enamel around what appears to have been a circular boss. Within each exterior angle of the star is a small pierced mullet of red enamel. The exterior of the mullet has a dense series of radiate points.The metal surfaces of the object have been gilded.The date of this item is uncertain. Although enamels are often used on Roman material, the reverse and pattern of this item suggests a late Medieval date.
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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