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It is of significance that the bottom of the casket (as an illustration of the reuse of earlier pieces) is made up of bone strips of ornament almost certainly of a German origin.\r\nBy the end of the 12th century the casket had been converted into a reliquary by the addition of gilt-copper mounts (three hinges replaced two) and lock, and had been embellished with small six-petalled rosettes. The rosettes are identical to those found on ivory caskets in the treasury of St Servatius in Maastricht, and the lock plate - with ball-headed nails - is also of very similar type to those found on the caskets there. The tiny gilt copper pinecone on the lock clasp enables the metalwork to be dated to around 1180-1200. It is therefore probable that the casket was modified in Maastricht or nearby in the Lower-Rhine area.","physicalDescription":"Casket in carved bone, decorated with foliage scrolls and plaited and geometrical ornament in low relief, with gilded copper mountings. 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