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Sword-pommel; silver-gilt. Late 8th century, of Anglo-Saxon or Pictish origin. If Pictish, it represents an adaptation of a typically Anglo-Saxon design. Front and rear are identical in their pattern, made up of elaborately interlaced, speckled…

A Pictish treasure hoard discovered in 1958 on St Ninian's Isle, Shetland, buried beneath a stone slab marked with a cross, on what is believed to be the site of an early chapel. The hoard consists of various items of silver metalwork, some pieces…

National Museums of Scotland, inventory no. FC 179.
Sheet metal fragments -- Gilded copper embossed strip, embossed sheet with arcaded vine pattern, embossed and chased sheet and gilded copper fragments from 5 bosses. Possibly fragments of a shrine…