Record ID: BM-5FCB75
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon hilt fittings: pommel, upper and lower hilt fittings, part of upper guard, part of lower guard Gold sheet, gold filigree wire, cabochon garnets, copper-alloy, lead Early seventh century The pommel is of ‘cocked hat’ form and is made of gold sheet, decorated with filigree wire, over a lead forma.   The two faces of the pommel are filled with zoomorphic interlace in triple strand interlace, made with one broad band of beaded wire flanked by borders of a very fine beaded wire.   Each face is filled with a balanced design of interlacing zoomor…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: BM-9A7DD8
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Crumpled gold foil pommel cap ornamented with C scrolls executed in beaded filigree wire.  The pommel cap is badly damaged with both ends crushed and distorted and the filigree ornament on one face missing.   The surviving filigree is well made filling the surviving panel with a balanced pattern of graded pairs of loops with spiralled ends enclosing a central motif of an inverted ‘C’ scroll lying back to back with a kidney shaped element executed with two beaded filigree wires.   The panel is enclosed by a border of filigree wire, of a heavier weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-C615C9
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval gold pommel cap with beaded wire filigree ornament, mounted onto a copper-alloy core. The pommel is of elongated or ‘cocked-hat’ form, with one end missing. The copper-alloy core, visible from underneath, appears to be suffering badly with a blue corrosion. The front and back faces of the pommel cap have different decoration. One face side is decorated with two beasts facing each other, their positions mirrored. Each beast is seated with its head and chest upright, a front paw raised to meet that of its opposite in the centre of the field. A ba…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billesdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-B8C216
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold sheet pommel composed of two highly stylised animals with a shared body. The pommel, which is high profiled and thin in cross-section, is made of five pieces of thick gold sheet. Two make up a double-skinned core into which the end of the tang fitted. Onto this core are soldered three smaller sheets. Two are moulded to form stylised heads with punched holes for the eyes, while a third arches over the underlying core and forms a shared body. The five sheets were originally soldered to each other and the joins between them are covered with a variety of beaded, twisted and…
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
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Record ID: LON-F73775
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon sword pommel made from gold over a copper-alloy core. The pommel is of cocked-hat form and is decorated with panels of beaded wire filigree. One end is missing, the break is irregular and the broken edge of the copper alloy core has the same pale green patina as the rest of the visible surface. There is some dirt embedded in the rough broken surface. The front and back panels are decorated with the same design, of an unusual central quatrefoil knot with interlace to each side. The quatrefoil is made from two interlaced elongated oval loops …
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: STAFFS-EAE6D6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword hilt ring, filigree wire.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-EA8D92
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold filigree sword hilt collar.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-EA7F36
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Oval shaped sword guard plate plus 4 small fragments which are not part of the sword fitting. Gold.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-EA7AD4
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A sword hilt collar, gold Interlaced filigree decorated strip.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-EA21D2
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword hilt plate tray, bulla in filigree setting. Part of a group from an earth block, other items on K1718 and K1719.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E9EA84
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold filigree sword hilt collar, filigree.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E9DAF6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold hilt plate, plain.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E9D775
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword hilt collar, cloisonné.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E9D202
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold fitting from the side of a sword pommel, a cabochon garnet is present (trapezoid).
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E9C131
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword hilt plate, plain.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E9B8D1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword hilt plate, plain.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E8E7C2
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword Hilt plate, garnets set within filigree rings at ends, one rivet still present.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E5CE97
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword hilt ring with beaded wire.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E5A814
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword pommel cap fragment with two rivets still present.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: STAFFS-E57F92
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold sword hilt collar. Filigree decoration.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.