The Portable Antiquities Scheme
EARLY MEDIEVAL MOUNT
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A 'golf tee' shaped mount or fitting, the outer bowl and shank were left unfinished, and there is evidence of an iron fitment around the shank. However, the inner side of the bowl is very finely decorated with millefiori enamelling, showing a ?yellow flower in the centre with two checkerboards in blue and yellow and two ?flowers in red as 'supporters'. All in miniature.
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