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Description: | Early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver pyramidal mount. The object has a rectangular form and a triangular cross section. It has a slightly rounded apex which is bordered by a very thin line of gilding forming a rectangle 3.5mm wide. Its hollow underside contains a slightly curving circular cross sectioned bar fixed across the centre. Each outer face is decorated with three pyramid shaped depressions, one in each corner, which are gilded. In between the depressions, forming a V-shape, is a ladder like pattern of a two sets of vertical lines joined by a series of short horizontal lines. This appears to be formed of a depression filled with niello, but this is hard to confirm as the surface is now a reddish colour and the silver has tarnished to a dark grey.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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