NHER 56160 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Middle Saxon hanging-bowl escutcheon (Deopham, poorly located; Morley, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEOPHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | MORLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
About 2006. Metal-detecting.
Findspot unknown but likely to have been in Deopham or Morley parish:
Incomplete Middle Saxon cast silver hanging-bowl escutcheon of trapezoidal bird-like shape (S1).
Not recognised as an object of significance by the finder until given to [1] as a Christmas present. The importance of the piece was recognised by [1], who submitted it for identification by Norfolk’s Identification and Recording Service.
Submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2011 T605) and subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum by [2] (accession number NWHCM : 2011.409)
See description and Treasure report in file.
T. Pestell (HES), 13 October 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 June 2020.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF82806 Archive: Middle Saxon hanging-bowl escutcheon NCM Accession No..
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF100591 Publication: British Museum. 2013. Treasure Act Annual Report 2011. p xxvii.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF83989 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a Middle Saxon incomplete cast gilt copper-alloy hanging-bowl escutcheon.. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- HANGING BOWL (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 8 2020 10:57PM