XI.—On a Silver Bowl and Cover of the Ninth or Tenth Century
O. M. Dalton
The silver vessel here illustrated (Plate XLVII. bwas acquired many years ago by Sir A. W. Franks, and at his death passed bequest to the British Museum. It is a deep bowl, with cover made be lifted projecting handle in form of quatrefoil upon vertical stem, height, without cover, being 3½ inches. whole exterior both bowl richly decorated designs relief. Four equidistant panels each containing large are enclosed vine stems, occasional bunches grapes which birds pecking; interspaces between stems unite lozenge smaller dimensions. Wherever two meet they bound collar-like bands, doubtless conventionalized representations closely-twining tendrils. design thus forms continuous pattern well adapted sides vessel; it repeated on scale cover. grapes, leaves, bodies all inlaid niello. ground throughout gilded, as interior bowl. bottom has been rasped or filed exterior, though remains its original condition. heen suggested that may once have had foot.
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