Pendant

Anglo-Saxon

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery

7th Century

This gold necklace pendant inlaid with a square-cut garnet was found in Staffordshire. The style became fashionable in the 7th century although the shape and cut are unusual: generally such pendants contain cabochon or facetted stones in a variety of shapes in which irregular ovals predominate. It is a beautiful and expertly made jewel and may originally have been strung with other pendants on a high status necklace.

• Medium: gold & garnet
• Dimensions: 1.4 x 1.2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £275 ( Total: £1,100)
• ArtFunded in: 2006
• Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Provenance

Discovered in 2004 by a metal detector user in Hammerwich, Staffordshire, and declared Treasure in 2005.

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