processional cross(?);
altar-cross(?)
- Museum number
- 1993,0503.1
- Description
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Terminal plaque from cross; copper, champlevé enamelled and gilded; decorated with winged eagle, symbol of St John the Evangelist; palette: deep blue (background), green (halo); extensive damage to the glasses; varnish or fixative applied front and back; three pin holes; plaque warped; back: no features.
- Production date
- 13thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 35 millimetres
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Width: 31 millimetres (bottom)
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Width: 54 millimetres (top)
- Curator's comments
- From the terminal on the reverse of an altar- or processional cross. Similar plaque found at Little Bedwyn, Wilts. MLA 1985,5-7,1.
Compare with 1985,0507.1
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2012 23 Apr-present, Gloucestershire, Cirencester, Corinium Museum, LT Loan
- Acquisition date
- 1993
- Acquisition notes
- Found by the vendor with metal-detector at Baunton, Glos. in 1992.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1993,0503.1