Record ID: NMGW-72FDF0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete copper alloy escutcheon from a hanging bowl or bucket, probably of Late Iron Age date, C. 50 BC to 100 AD. The escutcheon body is of globular form with an integral large incomplete loop, presumably to secure a handle. The body of the mount appears slightly domed, and is decorated with a motif consisting of two high raised moulded opposed semicircular arcs, with a slight break in-between the two. Beneath the raised motif is a circular attachment hole, placed off centre and surrounded with iron corrosion. It is possible to suggest this means of attachment is a secondary re…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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