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Description: | Two non-joining fragments, probably of the same discoidal hanging bowl escutcheon, with at the top of the larger fragment the stump of the hook which would have been fixed over the rim of the bowl. Decoration around the outer part of consists of interlocking T-shaped cells inlaid with enamel. Those cells with their cross-bars nearest the centre are filled with yellow, but the enamel in the others is decayed or missing. On the innermost part of both fragments the stump of a small projection lies between areas of unbroken edge, indicating that there were openwork apertures in the central part. On both projections a fragmentary cell contains decayed enamel. The T-shaped motif is not found on circular hanging bowl escutcheons, but occurs on other forms of Irish origin, all "late" and dating to the 8th and 9th centuries, a cavity suspension escutcheon from Løland, Norway, a hook-escutcheon from Clonmacnoise, Ireland and a bucket handle escutcheon from the Oseberg ship burial, Norway (Bruce-Mitford 2005, colour plate 5). See also a cavity suspension escutcheon from Arnside, Cumbria (Youngs, S. and Herepath, N. in Geake, Bradely and Gaimster 2001; LVPL1646).Estimated diameter c.40mm. Thickness 2.5mm. 8th century.
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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