Pyramidal sword scabbard mount
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- 1.1 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
- Vendor
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The mount is from a sword scabbard.
It has the shape of a hollow pyramid and is made from four sheets of gold soldered edge-to-edge with the joints of the visible surface disguised by beaded filigree. Each face is ornamented with a knotted, snake-like zoomorph.
Provenance
Found with a metal detector near Bury St. Edmunds; declared Treasure in 2000.