From St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland
000-100-036-422-C © National Museums Scotland |
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Silver bowl
This 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 and backgrounds.
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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000-100-036-422-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.FC 274 |
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Between 750 and 825
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Basal depression; wide interlaced bands, dot outline and dotted background on upper zone; single line of interlaced dots on lower zone; dotted whirl pattern on base
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Dimensions: |
5.10" D x 1.40" deep
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Bowl
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Scotland, Shetland, St Ninian's Isle
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Bowl with basal depression, the upper zone with wide interlaced bands, dot outline and dotted background, a dotted whirl pattern on base, from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland
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- Calder, Jenni. The wealth of a nation. Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland and Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing, 1989, p. 118.
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