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Silver-gilt Buckle
AN00272997_001_l. Silver-gilt buckle, in two pieces: loop with niello designs and inlaid silver circles; triangular plate with Style II gold sheet; inlaid tongue. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Buckle
Silver disc-brooch
AN00103760_001_l. Silver disc brooch with concentric zones of decoration on gold plate (secured with 4 rivets); central cabochon garnet; white paste; cloisonné garnets; glass & white paste settings & filigree; niello & silver borders. Anglo-Saxon…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Brooch, Jewellery, Runes
Silver Circular Brooch
AN00755664_001_l. Silver circular brooch of hammered sheet, slightly convex, and irregular in circumference, decorated with engraved zoomorphic and degenerate foliate ornament. The design is built upon four intersecting, double-contoured circles.…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Brooch, Inscription, Jewellery, Religion, Silverwork
Silver Buckle
AN00725475_001_l. Silver buckle with a cast oval loop and shield-on-tongue covered by a sheet gold plate, edged with beaded wire, and divided into two crescentic panels flanking a central rectangle, all filled with collared granules. Above them is a…
Scabbard-chape
National Museums of Scotland, inventory no. FC 282. Scabbard-chape -- Three piece U-shaped casting; silver, gilding and blue glass; 8.1cm max width.
Terminates in two stylised beast heads, each trapping a small fish-like creature in its jaws.…
Terminates in two stylised beast heads, each trapping a small fish-like creature in its jaws.…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Hoard, Pictish, Religion, Weapons
Ring
2008BT1827_jpg_l. The inlaid gold and filigree jewellery of the seventh century was largely replaced in the early eighth century by silver work as a consequence of the increasing scarcity of gold. The focus on silver gave rise to new decorative…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Jewellery, Ring, Silverwork, V&A
Plaque
AN00013974_001_l. Walrus ivory sub-rectangular plaque, broken away along the right-hand edge. Eight attachment holes survive along the edges. The surface is highly polished, and carved in high relief with a crucifixion group. Christ in a loincloth…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Ivory, Religion
Plaque
2009CA7152_jpg_l. The Virgin is shown seated on a rainbow like arc within a mandorla. In her right hand she holds a sceptre in the form of a branch, in her left a book, and she supports the Christ Child on her lap. The zigzagging line of the Virgin's…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ivory, Religion, V&A
Pin set
AN00738869_001_l. Silver-gilt linked triple pin set. Each disc-headed pin is of composite construction, the shaft being cast separately and riveted to the disc via a highly schematised animal-head terminal on the hipped pin-shaft. The head of each…
Photos of the Ruthwell Cross
Photos taken of the Ruthwell Cross at Ruthwell Church, Dumfriesshire, January 2010.
Tags: Art history, Cross, Religion, Runes, Ruthwell Cross, Stonework