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Silver bowl

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found on St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland

Postcard of Silver bowl.
000-190-001-153-C
© National Museums Scotland

Silver bowl

This Pictish silver bowl is part of a hoard found on St Ninian's Isle at Dunrossness in Shetland in 1958. The hoard was buried for safe keeping on the site of an early Christian church sometime between 750 and 825. This picture shows the base.

The bowl has a design of five intersecting circles which form an equal arm cross. The marks of the compass used to make the circles are clearly visible. Apart from one large dent, the bowl is in good condition.


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Online ID: 000-190-001-153-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FC 268
Date: 8th century
Buried between 750 and 825
Material: Silver; hemispherical; decorated by chased lines outlined with dots; five intersecting circles forming an equal arm cross on the base; a line along the upper edge of the design forming pendant circles inside each of the four circles round the sides
Dimensions: 5.90" D x 2.25" deep
What: Bowl
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Where: Scotland, Shetland, St Ninian's Isle
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Description: Hemispherical bowl of silver, decorated with chased lines outlined with dots, from St Ninian's Isle, Pictish, 8th century
References:
  • Small, A., Thomas, C., & Wilson, D. M. St. Ninian's Isle and its Treasure. London: Oxford University Press,1973 
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