Hemispherical bowl of silver, decorated with chased lines outlined with dots, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, 8th century

Bowl of silver, with deep basal depression, decorated with a procession of four contorted animals on a dotted background, from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, 750 - 825 AD

Bowl of silver, decorated with four pairs of grotesque animals, interlocking, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Bowl of silver decorated with dotted lines, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Shallow bowl of silver, with flat base, decorated with lines of dots, the upper zone with T-shaped panels, the lower zone of radiating ovals, from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, 750 - 825 AD

Bowl of silver decorated with lines of dots and gilded male bearded faces, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Bowl of silver, with basal depression, the upper zone with wide interlaced bands, dot outline and dotted background, a dotted whirl pattern on base, from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, 750 - 825 AD

Hanging bowl of silver with three oblong gilt escutcheons in the form of spreadeagled boars, Pictish, from St Ninian's Isle, 8th century

Shallow silver bowl or wine cup with inturned rim, rounded on top, from Traprain Law, East Lothian, 410 - 425 AD

Fragment of silver bowl from Traprain Law

Hemispherical silver bowl, 'amabilis' on side, from Traprain Law

Hemispherical silver bowl from Traprain Law

Hemispherical silver bowl with graffiti 'Mar Victorina Vtvi', from Traprain Law

Hemispherical silver bowl with graffiti 'Sevea' on underside, from Traprain Law

Hemispherical silver bowl with graffiti 'AEiti' underneath, from Traprain Law

Hemispherical silver bowl with graffiti underneath, from Traprain Law