From St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland
Add to albumThis silver bowl was found in a hoard containing 28 silver objects and part of the jaw of a porpoise, buried in a ruined chapel on St Ninian's Isle, at Dunrossness, on Shetland between 750 and 825. The objects probably belonged to a Pictish chief.
The bowl is decorated with punched dots forming geometric patterns.
The metalwork found in the St Ninian's Isle treasure shows the skill and accomplishment of Pictish craftsmen. The use of dotted backgrounds and some of the animal decoration on other objects are distinctive Pictish artistic traits.
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- Online ID: 000-100-036-420-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.FC 272
- Date: Between 750 and 825
- Material: Shallow; flat base; decorated by lines of dots; upper zone has T-shaped panels alternately inverted; lower zone has radiating ovals; base outlined and divided into four panels, each filled with an angular spiral
Bowl
- Dimensions: 5.80" D x 1.30" deep
- What: Bowl
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- Where: Scotland, Shetland, St Ninian's Isle
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- Description: Shallow bowl with a flat base, decorated with lines of dots, the upper zone with T-shaped panels alternately inverted, the lower zone of radiating ovals, from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland
- References:
- Calder, Jenni. The wealth of a nation. Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland and Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing, 1989, p. 118.
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