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Silvered glass mount, showing striations on glass reverse.
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Derby Museums Trust, Rachel Atherton, 2007-02-01 12:30:28
Title
Silvered glass mount, showing striations on glass reverse.
Description
English: CURATOR'S REPORT

7th Century decorative glass mount in silver setting, probably a pendant.

Description of find

An Anglo-Saxon glass cabochon in a silver setting. The cabochon is made from green, translucent, bubbly glass, with three twisted, opaque, blue-and-white cable trails fused into its slightly pitted surface. The oval silver setting consists of a plain upstanding frame inside of a fine twisted cable border (0.7mm diameter). Approximately half of the back-plate is missing; the remainder is plain and very fragile. There is no obvious means of attachment, but the metal setting shows the remains of a possible tab on one of its rounded ends, perhaps representing an attachment hoop. Dimensions: 17 x 6mm. Weight 1.8g.

Discussion

This setting is likely to represent an Anglo-Saxon pendant of a type popular in the 7th century. Pendants with cabochon-cut stones occur in women's graves of the period, and, although often made of garnet with gold mounts, glass with either silver or copper alloy mounts were also known. These pendants may represent the introduction of a Frankish custom, based on Mediterranean fashions.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 600 and 700
Accession number
FindID: 157481
Old ref: DENO-633A60
Filename: E5391 glass f.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/128873
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/128873/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/157481
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