Sword mount & ring
Artist: Anglo-Saxon
Location: The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire
Date: late 6th Century
Materials: 1) silver & malachite; 2) silver
Dimensions: 1) 16 x 16mm; 2) diameter: 17mm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,800 (Total: £2,000)
Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Review number: 5402 (2004)
Provenance:
Discovered by a metal detector user, declared Treasure in 2003.
Description:
1) A hollow cast mount in a pyramidal form with eight triangles on each face with niello-inlaid recesses inbetween. Five of the triangles are gilded and the mount is set with a square-cut malachite at the apex (illustrated). 2) The ring has a punched decoration with triangular designs around the edges and thunder signs around the median.
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