Manton Bowl

Description

Copper alloy hanging bowl with glass millefiori decoration. Found in a sandpit on the parish boundary between Manton and Hibaldstow in 1939. Hanging bowls date to the sixth or seventh century. They seem to have had a few different uses. Some may have been used for rituals, such as for baptisms. Perhaps others were for washing or for holding drink at feasts. Although often found in Anglo-Saxon graves, the decoration on hanging bowls points to Celtic manufacture. The glass millefiori used on the Manton Bowl suggests that it came from the same workshop as the bowl found at Sutton Hoo royal ship-grave.

Object number

SCUNM:1939.057

Object

HANGING BOWL

Production date

6th century - 7th century

Period

Early Medieval / Early Anglo-Saxon

Material

Copper alloy
Glass

Technique

Inlaid
Cast

Provenance

MANTON

Find spot

Manton Warren

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