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MOUNT
Unique ID: NMS-419A57
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
A gilt copper-alloy Limoges-style figurine from a casket or crucifix in the form of a convex half-round standing male figure, with fully-round head with cast features and blue glass settings in the eyes, probably a saint. The folds of his robes form cells for enamel, with fragments of blue enamel surviving. Oblique lines, probably the right arm, are framed by and emerge from the vertical lines of the robe below a perforated rectangular panel (possibly a book) on the figure's breast. There is a further perforation above the chamfered semi-circular base of the robe. The mount is now worn, corroded, twisted and bent backward; it measures 22mm x (unbent) 65mm.
Cf. a similar although incomplete figure (head missing) from Hevingham (HER 7633) and a more complete example from Swaffham (HER 28567); another complete but distorted figure from Sedgeford (HER 31814); and Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350 (1996), no.49 for a figure of Christ with the folds of his robes enamelled in a similar manner. Late 12th-early 13th century.
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1175
Date to: AD 1225
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65 mm
Width: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Wiggenhall St. Germans
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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