Vessel escutcheon

Iron Age

Whitchurch Heritage Centre

circa 50BC - 50AD

D-shaped plate integrally cast with a clasp-like collar and a suspension loop. The plate is decorated with a design of two trumpet coils which curve around a pair of circular voids giving the impression of an anthropomorphic or zoomorphic face. The curvature of the plate suggests the escutcheon was mounted on a large globular vessel such as a cauldron.

• Medium: bronze
• Dimensions: 11.9 x 11.2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £900 ( Total: £900)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Mr P Wynne and Mr D Jacques

Provenance

Found in 2002 by David Jacques while metal detecting in Shropshire near Wrexham on the Welsh border.

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