Anglo-Saxon fitting from a sword scabbard

Anglo-Saxon

British Museum

750 - 799

Pyramidal fitting with decorative detail in relief and inlay consisting of animal and interlace motifs.

• Medium: silver, partly gilded, niello inlay
• Dimensions: 2 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £4500 ( Total: £9,000; Export stopped)
• ArtFunded in: 1999
• Vendor: M Braham

Provenance

Found near Bawtry, Nottingham.

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