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English: Medieval copper alloy gilt T-shaped Limoges enamelled plate, the upper terminal from the vertical arm of a large crucifix, now worn and bent. It is decorated with an engraved and enamelled depiction of a standing figure of St Peter, holding a book in his right hand and a key in his left hand. There are traces of white enamel on the face of the saint and dark blue enamel in the halo that has bordering concentric enamelled lines, the outer one white and the inner one red. There are traces of dark blue enamel in the folds of the robe. The horizontal upper edge of the plate is interrupted by a semi-circular projection, the edge of which follows the outside of the edge of Saint Peter's halo. The angles between the horizontal and vertical elements of the plate are convex. The standing figure of the saint is flanked by a rectangular arrangement of four rivet holes piercing a gilded field, one to one side of both shoulders and one in both corners at his feet. The decoration on the field comprises lines of fine pecked dots within an engraved bordering line that contains fragments of pale blue or turquoise enamel. There is and engraved triangle in the centre of the upper part on the reverse. 62 x (unbent) 75mm.

Compare terminal plaques illustrated in Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350 (1996), nos.26, 62 and 67. Late 12th century.