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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy decorative mount, possibly from a book or a box such as a reliquary. The mount is rectangular in shape and flat in cross section. It is formed of a copper alloy sheet that is slightly convex on the front with a flat reverse. There is a circular drilled attachment hole in each corner of the mount. The front surface of the mount has cast sunken fields into which enamel has been placed.The decoration consists of two concentric rectangular boarders around the edge; one which is gilded and the other is of light blue enamel. Inside the boarders are three circular fields in a line; two of which retain their red enamel. In the centre of the red enamel circles there is a millefiori style flower with six white petals surrounding a brighter red and blue pellet. The three circular fields are surrounded by a concentric boarder, one of which retains its gilding. The space between the circles and the light blue boarder is filled with a darker blue enamel. The reverse is undecorated. The edge of the mount has been insised with a series of parallel notches around the perimeter, traces of gilding also remain on this notched decoration.The mount is 65.4mm long, 29.1mm wide, 3.9mm thick and weighs 34.76 grams.A mount with similar enamelled decoration can be seen on the database: LIN-7143C6. It has been suggested that this mount is of the Limoge style and therefore probably dates to the 12th 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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