Strip

This engraved bronze strip was found at Balmaclennan in Kirkcudbrightshire, in a hoard containing a mirror and pieces of sheet bronze mounts wrapped in four cloth parcels. It may be a product from a northern or eastern English workshop.

The crescent-shaped strip originally had beading around the edges, attached with rivets, now mainly missing. The engraved design of spirals was made with a compass.

The sheet bronze mounts in the Balmaclellan hoard may have been fittings for a wooden box, though the exact placements are open to conjecture. The pieces vary in technical and artistic quality, though this strip is generally considered first rate.

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Online ID:	000-100-036-103-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.FA 2
Date:	Between 110 and 240 AD
Material:	Bronze; ornamented with spiral scrolls
Dimensions:	15.00" max D
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Where:	Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Balmaclellan
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Description:	Bronze crescentic strip ornamented with spiral scrolls, from Balmaclellan
References:	MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, pp. 159-162; vol. 2, no. 342.
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