Necklace pendant

Anglo-Saxon

Warwickshire Museum – Market Hall

7th Century

This piece is made up of a triangular facetted garnet, set in a simple sheet gold collar with an applied beaded border. The setting has a plain sheet gold back on which one of the three points of the triangle shows the scars and soldering points of a lost suspension loop.

• Medium: gold & garnet
• Dimensions: 1.5 x 0.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £788 ( Total: £1,050)
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Found with a metal detector near Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire in 2001. Declared Treasure, 2002.

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