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Description: | A copper alloy and enamel disc mount or escutcheon, possibly from an Early Medieval hanging bowl dating from the 7th to early 8th centuries. The mount is circular and very slightly convex. The upper surface is cast with a notched border and a central open lozenge with bifoliate terminals. The rest of the field is filled with enamel: green enamel fills the space around two opposing shapes of red enamel and two opposing possible sexfoils of blue enamel (one of which is missing). Within the lozenge design is a central annulet of red enamel, surrounded and filled by blue. The reverse is plain but retains significant traces of solder, suggesting this was how it was attached to the bowl.The disc measures 27.5mm in diameter, is 2.7mm thick and weighs 7.3g.The most common decoration on these types of hanging bowl mounts is the triskele, but other forms such as the scrolled cruciform is known too (NLM-07E6BC). The date range suggested by Geake (1999: 17) for the deposition of all hanging bowls is c. 600 - c. 725 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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