An effective enamelling technique which was probably developed by Celtic metal-workers and afterwards copied by the Anglo-Saxons. The process involved the melting of enamel into the incised hollows in a piece of metal. It was often employed in the decoration of the escutcheons on hanging bowls, on the roundels which supported the handles of the bowls.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied