Bowl Fitting

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Bowl Fitting

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.60

Description

Bronze bowl escutcheon, from the Roman site at Newstead

Use

Would hold the handles on the side of a bowl, to help pick up and move around the bowl.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Fitting
Decorative Fittings

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 553

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.33

Material

Bronze

Color

Gold, Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

Officers had fine bronze vessels on their dinner table. These bowl fittings once held the handles on the sides of a washbasin, for washing one’s hands at a meal.