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Description: | A composite circular mount, from the centre of the base of a bowl or mazer (drinking vessel). Shows a cut-out figure of an angel (41mm x 43mm) with partially opened wings, his right hand holding the hem of his robe and his open left hand raised. Engraved lines describe the detail on the angels halo, head, wings and robe. The plaque is attached with an integral rivet to a flat circular (diameter 49mm) plate decorated on the reverse with an engraved five-petalled seeded rose. The plate has a secondary perforation (possibly for suspension) punched through from the inner face and subsequently realigned, as the inner face of the perforation is now masked by the wing of the angel. Overall thickness 7mm. The space between the two parts is
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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