Record ID: DENO-2A0601
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Tiny but beautiful gold and garnet sword-button from a sword-scabbard. The circular backplate has a circular depression in the middle and a scrap of gold rod lying across the very centre, presumably the remains of the attachment loop. There is a small hole in the backplate which is currently full of earth, but which might allow access to the centre of the button for detailed examination of its construction. The cell walls of gold are soldered to the gold backplate, forming a double row of 13 pairs of tiny rectangular cells around the edge. These have a few garnets surviving (although …
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotgrave', grid reference and parish protected.