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Description: | A copper-alloy escutcheon from an Early Medieval hanging bowl. The mount is circular in plan; the edges are slightly damaged, but the majority of the mount survives. The mount is convex in profile, suggesting it is a mount from the side of the bowl rather than the base. The front is decorated with molded cell recesses; one central circle which is surrounded by smaller circles at 12, 3, 6 and 9 0'clock. In between these four circles are trefoil shaped cell recesses. All of these cells set with numerous small panels of fine millefiori glass, square and circular in plan. The Central circular cell has the largest panel of millefiori glass (4.4mm square) which is formed of a red and white checker board design. This is surrounded buy alternate yellow and red/white circular panels. All eight of the outer cells have the same three circular glass panels with in them (3.6-3.8mm in diameter); one red and white check, one black and white check and one with red in the center surrounded by a black cross on a white background. Where the escutcheon has been broken and the glass is missing it is possible to see a substraight in to which the glass has been set. The reverse of the escutcheon is concava and undecorated. The surface is very worn but it is possible make out one vestigle lug; possible the remains of an attatchment lug. A simialr example can be seen on the database: DEV-7AE0B6. This is dated from the 7th-9th centuries AD. The escutcheon is 32.1mm in diameter, 5.4mm thick and weighs 15.4 grams.
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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