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Description: | A medieval mount, made from gilded copper alloy. The mount is in Limoges style and was probably from a casket or crucifix. It is a convex half-round standing male figure of a saint, or perhaps Christ, with a half-round nimbed head with cast features. The face and body is worn, but he appears to be robed, with hands brought together in front of the chest. Two rivet holes are spaced vertically across the body. The upper contains a large copper alloy rivet with right-angled terminal.This mount may be compared with similar, although incomplete, figure (head missing) from Mareham, Norfolk (NMS-C045F8), and an example illustrated in Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350 (1996), no. 49, showing a figure of Christ with the folds of his robes enamelled in a similar manner. This example dates from the late 12th-early 13th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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