© Dorset County Museum
Pyramidal mount
Artist: Anglo-Saxon
Location: Dorset County Museum
Date: early 7th Century
Materials: gold & garnet & blue glass
Dimensions: width: 2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £22,000)
Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Review number: 5541 (2005)
Provenance:
Discovered by a metal detector user near Dorchester and declared Treasure in 2003.
Description:
The strap fitting is a high status object, to be associated with a royal rank in Anglo-Saxon society. The fitting was functional and would have been attached to the suspension straps of a sword or seax scabbard where they tightened the scabbard suspension loop.
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