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Description: | A Medieval gold figurine of a saint, dating 15th - early 16th century. This figurine has been cast three-dimensionally showing a standing figure in long robes with a beard and a nimbus decorated with radiating lines. The figure is holding a staff with a cross terminal in his left hand and his right hand is raised to just below his beard. On the figure's back there are two raised sections, possibly wings, which project from the top of the shoulders and flow down till level with the lowered hand. The back of the head and the 'wings' are smooth whilst the details of the robe is still depicted, although this is stepped back from the head and the 'wings'. The figurine is stood on a small square platform which has filemarks on the underside.James Robinson writes: "It's a fifteenth/early sixteenth century figure of a saint - difficult to identify since the only attribute seems to be a cross staff. It resembles the terminals of apostle spoons but might have been fixed to a larger piece of metalwork such as shrine, reliquary or crozier"Dimensions: length: 25.98mm; width: 10.23mm; thickness: 4.71mm; weight: 2.67g.
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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