A bronze hanging-bowl from Castle Tioram, Moidart
And a suggested absolute chronology for British hanging-bowls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11007398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H E Kilbride-Jones (National Museums Scotland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1937 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Pages | 206-247 |
| Publication date | 1937-11-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0081-1564 • E-ISSN: 2056-743X |
| Publisher | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.9750/psas.071.206.247 |
| OpenAlex | W4322735717 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In England, bronze hanging-bowls, or parts (usually -escutcheons) of such bowls, have been found on nearly fifty sites.Many have been found in Saxon interments; but there is now little doubt that they were acquired as loot by the Saxons, to whom the art of enamelling was as a closed book.And but for the fact that the bowls were actually interred along with the remains of those who had stolen them, it is possible that we might have had to-day very few specimens with which to adorn our museums.Had the bowls remained with their orignal (Celtic) owners, they would, in all probability, have been melted down, or merely cast out into the open, where decay would have been rapid.It is as well to emphasise these points, as it was apparently not a Celtic custom to preserve curiosities of a former age, when once those objects had ceased to be useful, or to bury enamel-work in the same way as did the Saxons.Since Saxon burials are unknown in Scotland, it is obvious that we need not be too hopeful of finding many hanging-bowls in this country.Any bowl thrown on to a midden would have a poor chance of survival; whilst burials of the period under discussion are noticeably rare.Hitherto we only knew of the existence of a single hanging-bowl in Scotlandthe much-battered and rather fragmentary remains of a specimen from 1 Pig. 2. Scots Hanging-bowls: (1) Castle Tioram, Moidart; (e) escutcheon, with (6) side-view and section of bowl, and (a) top elevation.(2) Fragmentary Him from Tummel Bridge, Perthshire.(3) Section of Bronze Hanging-bowl, and Escutcheon (restored) from Tummel Bridge, Perthshire.(J.)1
Absolute (philosophy · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Chronology · Geography · Theology · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
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| Citation span | 1975 - 1987 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |