Pendant

Anglo-Saxon

The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire

5th Century

The pendant is inlaid with garnets and in the form of an insect, probably a cicada. The tope of the pendant is filled with a single garnet cut to represent a highly stylised zoomorphic head, the eyes and mouth represented by two semicircular cells and one triangular cell. The wings of the insect are decorated with scale-like cells.

• Medium: gold & garnet
• Dimensions: 2.5 x 2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £10000 ( Total: £22,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Discovered in Horncastle, Lincolnshire by a metal detector user in 2003 and declared Treasure.

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