Anglo-Saxon belt clasp
Artist: Anglo-Saxon
Location: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 600 - 700
Materials: gold with red glass or garnet stones
Dimensions: 5 x 2 x 1 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £4,000 (Total: £6,600)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 4107 (1994)
Provenance:
Found by Mr Robert Foster, 1993 at Mancetter, Warwickshire.
Description:
Belt clasp, made of two gold plates secured together by four gold rivets with a narrow space between to take a leather strap. Around the edge is a thick filigree decoration, & this is taken up in a finer form around each of the 5 red stones.
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