Fillet

Description

Thin flat gold fillet, tapers towards a round terminal pierced with a hole, it has a continuous embossed beaded border and a central spine of sixteen tiny embossed flowerlets stretching from two flanking single motifs to the terminal, found in St Ronan's Chapel, Iona, 1923: Scottish, second half of the 12th century

Museum reference

H.HX 39

Object name

Fillet

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Second half 12th century

Materials

Gold

Physical description

Gold

Collection place(s)

Iona, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

St Ronan's Chapel, Iona, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Glenn, Virginia, Romanesque & Gothic: Decorative Metalwork and Ivory Carvings in the Museum of Scotland, NMSE Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003