Posts: 285 Location: England, Essex
Mon 05 Mar, 2007 9:50 am
Many thanks for the positive responses, gentlemen.
The
shield is about a yard in diameter and around 0.8 cms thick. It is made of lime and covered in leather. It is mainly a flat board but lenticular for about the last six or seven inches of its diameter. I will have to get Dave to weigh it with the parts added but it was pretty light when it left me.
Most of the fittings are pressed bronze plates (pressbleches) or bronze castings and most of them have been gilded or silvered. Some silver parts are solid silver (Dave said it was easier with those bits.
I'll post individual pictures of the constituent parts when I get them -- somewhere there is a thread with pictures of the boss - I can't find it at the moment but if anyone wants me to I can put them up again.
Anyone can see the shield from 17th March as it will be in an exhibition at the Sutton Hoo Visitors' Centre until the end of October 2007.
Cheers,
Paul