Mount

Description

Conical silver-gilt mount decorated with symmetrically arranged animal interlace, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Museum reference

X.FC 279

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Mount

Date

8th century

Style / Culture

Pictish

Materials

Silver, Gilt

Physical description

Silver gilt; conical; with a small tube above the base; covered all over with symmetrically arranged animal interlace in chip carving; base filled with a thin damaged disc with two small parallel rectangular slots

Collection place(s)

St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• The St Ninian's Isle Treasure (04 Jul 2008 - 13 Oct 2008)
  Shetland Museum and Archives

• 26 Treasures in the National Museum of Scotland (01 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012)
  World Wide Web

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
level -1 »
scotland galleries »
early people »
gods of the frontier »
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