The text panel accompanying the plate states:
PLATE XIV.
A SILVER gilt cover of a Navicula, or possibly of a nautilus cup, the surface covered with champ leve and cloisonne enamels of the end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century. It is of a horse shoe form, with a semi-elliptical opening at the top; towards the centre is a large hexagonal boss or knob, bearing the shields of France and Navarre in champ leve enamel; from this boss radiate four bands of cloisonne enamel, widening towards the outer edge; the pattern which is the same in each, consists of a central stem of opaque red, with small trefoils of yellow, blue, and white enamel branching from it, on a rich translucent ground of emerald green. The extreme delicacy of the gold cloisons or partitions is remarkable: the compartments between are champ leve enamel, diapered with squares and lozenges of the arms of Champagne, Nesle, and Flanders. The whole is bordered with a pearled ornament. The reverse is gilt, with a series of studs or rivets by which the enamels are fixed, and in the centre is an escutcheon of arms. It is a remarkable example of the skill of the goldsmith in the 13th century.
From All Souls College, Oxford.
This is part of the Volume: AL2029 Album of photographs of archaeological finds displayed at the National Exhibition of Works of Art at Leeds in 1868; within the Collection: WXC01 Photographically illustrated book written by William Chaffers of archaeological finds displayed at an exhibition in Leeds in 1868
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Cundall & Fleming
Archaeology, Art And Design, Exhibition
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