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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount in the form of a birds, probably an eagle's, head. The base is flat with discolouration suggesting it may have been soldered onto another object. it is broken across a circular aperture. This aperture possibly held a rivet in order to fix the head onto a box or vessel. The head is bent forwwards, giving the whole object a C-shape when viewed from the side. The top of the object is plain, and has shine from use wear. Each side of the head is decorated with etched lines suggesting feathers. The eye is etched as an eliptical.Martin Henig has kindly looked at this record and has suggested that it could be a mount from a hanging bowl. Similar can be seen in cf R. Bruce-mitford, The Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging Bowls (Oxford 2005). cf pp.126-7 no.21 and p.295 no.98 (swan) or p.164 no.37 (sea -horse).
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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