cover
- Museum number
- 1946,1007.12
- Description
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A hemispherical silver cover produced bespoke to fit on top of the flanged bowl with upstand (1946,1007.11). the cover has a circular upstanding rim on top, which forms a recess into which has been attached a solid silver gilt figure in the form of a triton. The cover has foliate decoration covering approximately two-thirds of its body and a lower figurative frieze with Bacchic masks and individual scenes of centaurs battling wild beasts: the first shows a lion leaping towards a centaur holding a club, flanked by a bust of Silenus on the left and Pan on the right; the second a centaur confronting a boar; the third a boar chasing a centaur flanked by the bust of a maenad on the left and a satyr on the right; the fourth a leopard confronting a centaur with rock raised above his head; the fifth with a lioness (?) leaping towards a centaur, flanked by a bust of a maenad on the left and a bust of Bacchus on the right; the sixth a male lion confronting a centaur. The frieze is enclosed above and below by lines of beads and ovolo.
- Production date
- 4thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 197 millimetres
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Height: 107 millimetres (with handle)
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Height: 80 millimetres (without handle)
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Weight: 391 grammes
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Volume: 1127 millilitres
- Curator's comments
- See also 1946,1007.11
- Bibliographic references
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Painter 1977a / The Mildenhall Treasure: Roman Silver from East Anglia
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Hobbs 2008 / The secret history of the Mildenhall treasure
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Roman Britain 1964 / Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain (p. 40, pl. 7.14)
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Hobbs & Jackson 2010 / Roman Britain Life at the Edge of Empire (p. 150-151, fig. 121)
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Hobbs 2016 / The Mildenhall Treasure: Late Roman Silver Plate from East Anglia (p.1, pl.1, p.4, p.5, pl.8, p.7-8, p.10, p.11, pl.15, pl.17, p.12, pl.18, p.14, p.15, p.16, p.17, table.2, p.45, table.4, p.50, table.5, p.52, table.6, p,159-177, p.160, pl.276, p.164-172, p.166, pl.287, p.167, pl.288-289, p.168, pl.290-292, p.169, pl.293-295, p.170, pl.296-297, p.171, pl.298-299, p.172, pl.300-301, p.174-175, p.175, pl.305, p.176, pl.306-309, p.215, p.237, p.240, p.241, p.242, table.17, p.244, p.246, p.248, p.266, table.28, p.267, pl.407, p.268, p.271, p.272, p.279, table.31, p.297, p.298) (cat.12)
- Location
- On display (G49/dc22)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2005-2006 25 Jul-13 Jan, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2005 12 Feb-26 Jun, Newcastle, Hancock Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004-2005 1 Oct-15 Jan, Manchester Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004 30 Apr-21 Sep, Cardiff, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2003-2004 21 Nov-14 Mar, London, BM, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Acquisition notes
- Found while ploughing, 1942
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1946,1007.12
