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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.2009.22 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name sword mount, silver-gilt pyramidal sword mount Description A parcel gilt Anglo-Saxon pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard, each side decorated with a large garnet-inlaid field in what is likely to be a gold frame. The square cell at the apex of the pyramid is also framed by narrow gold wire. No backing foils are visible beneath the garnets. There is a transverse bar across the underside of the object which is slightly higher towards its middle, possibly as a consequence of wear. Production date 0575 - 0700 Production period Medieval, early Material silver, gold, garnet Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.2009.22
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

sword mount, silver-gilt pyramidal sword mount
Description

A parcel gilt Anglo-Saxon pyramidal mount, probably from a sword scabbard, each side decorated with a large garnet-inlaid field in what is likely to be a gold frame. The square cell at the apex of the pyramid is also framed by narrow gold wire. No backing foils are visible beneath the garnets. There is a transverse bar across the underside of the object which is slightly higher towards its middle, possibly as a consequence of wear.
Production date

0575 - 0700
Production period

Medieval, early
Material

silver, gold, garnet

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