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20264
Title
Anglo-Saxon Silver-Gilt Sword Pommel Cap
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Found at Scalford, Leicestershire.
A cast gilded pommel cap inlaid with niello and enamel. One side decorated with interlacing strands with a median incised line inlaid with niello. Other side has a pair of interlacing creatures. This high-status object would have topped the sword handle of an elite warrior. It is of the highest craftsmanship and the only one of its type outside of the Staffordshire Hoard with enamel decoration.
c. AD 500-700.
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Melton Carnegie Museum
Purchased by Leicestershire Museum Service in 2017 and supported by the Arts Council England/Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant, Friends of Leicester and Leicestershire Museums and the Archaeological and Historical Society via the Treasure process.
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X_A135_2017b both sides.jpg
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