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Description: | A Romano-British enamelled copper alloy mount. The mount is circular in plan and slightly domed in cross-section with a hollow reverse. The face of the mount is highly decorated with enamelled cells arranged in a flower or sunburst pattern. Around the perimeter is a row of inward pointint triangular cells, each alternating red and blue enamel. There are eighteen cells in total around the perimeter. In the centre of the mount is a large quatrefoil with a square in the centre. The central square contains red enamel and the four 'leaves' or 'rays' contain blue enamel, though this is mostly missing and instead exposing a bright green copper corrosion beneath. The quatrefoil sits within a circle, and the four sub-triangular fields between the leaves within the circle are filled with red enamel.There is a small incomplete stud projecting from the centre of the reverse. The stud measures 4mm diameter.The motif on this stud is very similar to variations found on Romano-British disc and umbonate brooches, suggesting that this mount was producted by the same workshops as the brooches.
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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