© Ashmolean Museum
The Holderness Cross
Artist: Anglo-Saxon
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 7th Century
Materials: gold with garnet inlay
Dimensions: 5 x 5 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £49,547 (Total: £69,548)
Vendor: Sam Fogg
Review number: 4645 (1999)
Provenance:
Found in Burton Pidsea on the Holderness Peninsula, East Yorkshire; Bonham's 1999; present vendor
Description:
The cross has equal rectangular arms with rounded corners and cloisonne cellwork. There is a sheet-metal suspension loop at the top. The cell-work is filled with shaped garnets of which about two thirds survive in place. At the centre of the cross is a boss formed by a large cabochon garnet, whose face is incised with a deep circle, probably formerly inlaid with gold. The cross may have been made in Anglia.
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