Anglo-Saxon belt clasp

Anglo-Saxon

Warwickshire Museum - Market Hall

600 - 700

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.

• Medium: gold with red glass or garnet stones
• Dimensions: 5 x 2 x 1 cm
• Grant Paid: £4000 ( Total: £6600)
• ArtFunded in: 1994
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Found by Mr Robert Foster, 1993 at Mancetter, Warwickshire.

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