Pyramidal mount

Anglo-Saxon

Dorset County Museum

early 7th Century

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.

• Medium: gold & garnet & blue glass
• Dimensions: width: 2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2000 ( Total: £22,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Discovered by a metal detector user near Dorchester and declared Treasure in 2003.

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