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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2006.116 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name sword, sword pommel cap Description Late 6th or early 7th century gold sword pommel cap. High cocked hat form decorated with panels of beaded wire filigree in a zoomorphic pattern and quatrefoil knots. This pommel, a cap that sits on the end of a sword's handle, is made of gold and covered in an intricate filigree decoration. Filigree is the technique of adding twisted metal wire or droplets of metal to create a twisted design. It was found to the north of Colchester in Ardleigh. There is little archaeological evidence from the Anglo-Saxon period in Colchester, though we know people lived in and around the town. The Ardleigh pommel is an exceptional item that would have once belonged to a wealthy and important Anglo-Saxon leader. Production date 0575 - 0625 Production period Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, early, 6th Century, 7th Century Material gold Dimensions weight: 10.42 g width: 43.00 mm length: 24.00 mm Location On Display - Castle, Colchester Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2006.116
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

sword, sword pommel cap
Description

Late 6th or early 7th century gold sword pommel cap. High cocked hat form decorated with panels of beaded wire filigree in a zoomorphic pattern and quatrefoil knots. This pommel, a cap that sits on the end of a sword's handle, is made of gold and covered in an intricate filigree decoration. Filigree is the technique of adding twisted metal wire or droplets of metal to create a twisted design. It was found to the north of Colchester in Ardleigh. There is little archaeological evidence from the Anglo-Saxon period in Colchester, though we know people lived in and around the town. The Ardleigh pommel is an exceptional item that would have once belonged to a wealthy and important Anglo-Saxon leader.
Production date

0575 - 0625
Production period

Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, early, 6th Century, 7th Century
Material

gold
Dimensions
Location

On Display - Castle, Colchester

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