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Description: | Copper alloy with enamelMount. Escutcheon from a hanging bowl. Cast roundel bearing five trumpet spirals formerly coated in a (now) pale green enamel against a field of (now) off-white enamel; a central roundel retains enamel traces of a slightly more yellowish hue. Comparable designs occur on a range of hanging bowl fittings from Linconshire (Bruce Mitford 1993, Late Celtic Hanging Bowls, in Vince [ed.], Pre-Viking Lindsey, 45-70). The reverse is slightly concave as if formerly attached to a curving surface. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 450-650.Diameter: 29mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 8.74gms.
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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