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Hanging Bowl Escutcheon Disc

7th Century

The Hunt Museum

The Hunt Museum
Limerick, Ireland

A disc known as the The Oxford Disc in enamelled bronze. It is slightly concave and is decorated with a central triskele swirling out into three spirals ending in a trumpet. The decoration is filled in with red and yellow enamel. This disc is a decorative mount for a hanging-bowl. It was reused as a disc pendant. There is a single perforation near the edge. Irish/English.

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  • Title: Hanging Bowl Escutcheon Disc
  • Date Created: 7th Century
  • Location Created: Irish/English
  • Type: Artefact
  • Rights: CC0
  • Collection: The Hunt Museum
The Hunt Museum

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