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Silver bowl

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found on St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland

Silver bowl
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This silver bowl is part of a hoard found on St Ninian's Isle a 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 of the bowl.

The base of the bowl is decorated with six lentoid panels interspaced with sub-triangular panels in a marigold pattern. Around the sides of the bowl the procession of interlocking animals can be seen.

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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