03-18-2010, 12:23 PM
If we look very carefull at the picture Cesar posted there is also another feature that needs to be considered, the edgings of these plates appear to be separate pieces of silver wrapped onto the central picture plate.
This may be a reason to consider if these edgings have pieces which extend around the plate to a greater length, and if so can this extention become the backing for the plate. There is of course an interesting feature where the top edging piece has been put onto the plate in reverse to the bottom piece, it also becomes interesting to note that the vertical decorative edgings have larger round decoration domes than the upper and lower pieces.
It might suggest that 2 different size of punches were used to make these edge strips. There is also more evidence from other plates of this belt that the central pictures have been punched into the plates, for no 2 pictures are exact in their position on the plates. However when we look closer still it would appear that these central pictures themselves may well be separate to the plates and could this be explanation as to why no 2 pictures are central.
There is also that the decorative edges going around the frog pictures of Sol and Diana are also separate pieces for on the Diana frog disc this edge has snapped and indicates clearly it is separate to it's plate.
This may be a reason to consider if these edgings have pieces which extend around the plate to a greater length, and if so can this extention become the backing for the plate. There is of course an interesting feature where the top edging piece has been put onto the plate in reverse to the bottom piece, it also becomes interesting to note that the vertical decorative edgings have larger round decoration domes than the upper and lower pieces.
It might suggest that 2 different size of punches were used to make these edge strips. There is also more evidence from other plates of this belt that the central pictures have been punched into the plates, for no 2 pictures are exact in their position on the plates. However when we look closer still it would appear that these central pictures themselves may well be separate to the plates and could this be explanation as to why no 2 pictures are central.
There is also that the decorative edges going around the frog pictures of Sol and Diana are also separate pieces for on the Diana frog disc this edge has snapped and indicates clearly it is separate to it's plate.
Brian Stobbs
