Casgliadau Arlein

Fragmentary bowl, only a small part of the body being preserved. The main part of a flattened, everted rim has been broken off; to this had been fastened by two rivets a copper alloy escutcheon forming the upper part of an incomplete cast copper alloy handle, the lower part of which ends in a ring fastened by three rivets to the side of the hemispherical bowl. The under surface of the escutcheon has a broad, deep, curving groove to hold the thickened lip of the lost everted rim of the bowl; the upper surface is decorated with an inlaid pattern of opaque red glass, formed of triquetras and coils giving a zoomorphic (feline?) suggestion which is enhanced by the ear-like projections from the shield-shaped escutcheon. Beyond the outer tip of the escutcheon the projecting terminal of the handle has been broken to reveal an iron core.

Powlen yr Wyddfa, 25-100 OC. Cafodd y ddolen bres a haearn â gwydr coch hon ei chanfod ar y Grib Goch, yr Wyddfa. Ar un adeg, roedd gan Bowlen yr Wyddfa gorff efydd â gwaelod crwn, dolen a mownt wedi’i addurno. Llwyddodd gweithwyr efydd Diwedd Oes yr Haearn i berffeithio’r dechneg o ddefnyddio paneli gwydr coch i greu patrymau lliwgar.