Silver dish with niello decoration from the Mildenhall treasure

Roman Britain, 4th century AD
Found in Mildenhall, Suffolk

With a diameter of 55.6 cm and weight of 5,023 grammes, this platter is not much smaller than the Great Dish, but its decoration belongs to a more restrained tradition, carried out simply in engraved lines filled with niello, silver sulphide which provides a black contrast to the silver.

K.S. Painter, The Mildenhall Treasure-1 (London, 1977)