Anglo-Saxon Silvered Bronze Sword Scabbard Pyramid Mount

6TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (22.1 grams total, 30 mm high including stand).

Each of the four faces displaying three punched triangles arranged in pyramid configuration, with reserved chevron between; recess to top with inset garnet (chipped); hollow reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand with banded agate fusiform bead. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the late Alison Barker collection, 1970-1990.

Literature

See Mortimer, P., Woden's Warriors, Ely, 2011, p.115-7.

CONDITION

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