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Detail of a silver spoon

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From St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland

Detail of a silver spoon
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This is a detail of the silver spoon 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. The objects probably belonged to a Pictish chief.

At the junction of the stem and the bowl there is a cast dog's head, with blue glass eyes. Its mouth extends to lick the bowl.

The St Ninian's Isle hoard contained eight silver bowls, 12 silver brooches, a sword pommel, two chapes, two eating utensils, three mounts and part of a porpoise's jawbone. They were buried under a church's floor, presumably for safekeeping.

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