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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