Tesoro di Water Newton (Durobrivae, città romana in Britannia), IV secolo. Oggetti liturgici d'argento. British Museum, Londra. Il vaso con il rilievo delle foglie d'acanto

Full: Front Silver jug, originally provided with one handle, of which only one fragment and slight solder marks remain. The marks indicate that the lower attachment was a heart shaped escutcheon, and marks on the rim show that the handle was horizontal, split and fastened at two points there. The vessel has an everted and upstanding rim, a slender neck, an ovoid body and a high, neatly profiled foot-ring. The lip is formed simply by angling of the rim opposite the point where the handle was…

Full: Front Small triangular silver plaque with leaf patterns in the corners only. No pinhole. There is a simple repousse Chi-Rho within a plain circle. The open rho has a tail. The outlines of the alpha have been sharpened by scratches on the right side. There is a © The Trustees of the British Museum

Full: Front Triangular silver plaque with repousse leaf or feather pattern. A large gilt medallion contains a Chi-Rho in very bold relief, with alpha and omega. The open rho has a tail. © The Trustees of the British Museum

Full: Front Silver jug, originally provided with one handle, of which only one fragment and slight solder marks remain. The marks indicate that the lower attachment was a heart shaped escutcheon, and marks on the rim show that the handle was horizontal, split and fas

Full: Front Silver jug, originally provided with one handle, of which only one fragment and slight solder marks remain. The marks indicate that the lower attachment was a heart shaped escutcheon, and marks on the rim show that the handle was horizontal, split and fastened at two points there. The vessel has an everted and upstanding rim, a slender neck, an ovoid body and a high, neatly profiled foot-ring. The lip is formed simply by angling of the rim opposite the point where the handle was…

Full: Front A silver strainer, its bowl pierced with two circles and twelve radiating lines of small holes, each radiating line ending in a group of four holes. There is a separate ring of silver with a segmented pattern on the surface, which fits the rim of the bowl © The Trustees of the British Museum

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