Sword pommel cast in two pieces riveted together. It is decorated on both sides with openwork friezes of animal heads, and with complex designs of interlacing animals, plant scrolls and knotwork.
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Title of artwork, date
Anglo-Saxon sword pommel, 780–800
Date supported
1994
Medium and material
Gilded silver
Dimensions
6 x 10 cm
Grant
20000
Total cost
57350
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