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Description: | An enamelled, copper-alloy mount in the shape of an elongated, pointed oval. The design appears to be a central lozenge with rounded corners containing a flower with four petals. The lozenge has three triangles projecting at one end (leaves?) which extend into a geometric pattern filling that end of the mount. Across the other end of the mount are transverse lines. There is a pattern of raised dots all around the rim of the mount. The design is picked out in a light colour, which may have been gilt; the remaining enamel or glass is of a bluish-green shade. The reverse is plain: there does not seem to be a mounting point, but the reverse is roughened and may have been soldered to attach it to a larger object. It is 30mm long, 9.8mm wide, and 1.9mm thick. It weighs 2.21gm. The mount is probably Early Medieval, likely to date from the late 10th or 11th century. A piece which has similarities is Treasure case 2006 T242; an Anglo-Saxon or Ottonian roundel. This is described as a setting from a larger object, and similar roundels with stylised plant motifs are mentioned, perhaps as settings from rings or 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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