Art Funded
Drinking horn terminal
© Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum
Anglo-Saxon
Grantham Museum
8th Century
The terminal has a broad animal head with long, narrow ears which run behind each cheek and project slightly. One of the large circular eyes is still inlaid with glass but the terminal is now broken at both ends. The drinking horn terminal provides evidence of a wealthy elite operating in Lincolnshire and the ability to manufacture items of the finest quality in the area.
- Medium: cast gilt silver
- Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.55cm
- Art Fund Grant: £2750 ( Total: £3,250)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Provenance
Discovered on ploughed land in Grantham by a metal detector user and declared Treasure in 2003.
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