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AN00035717_001_l. Iron seax, with a straight cutting edge running parallel to the back, which is angled towards the point. The broad tang is offset from the blade, which is decorated on both faces with linear ornament formed by hammering polychrome…

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.518. Silver and gold. Mid 8th century. Sword-pommel, base silver core with applied silver sheet and one surviving gold filigree panel. Arched panel consists of a vine of twisted gold wire with clusters of grapes…

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1890.14. Late 9th/early 10th century. Iron sword fragment and hilt, silver mounts inlaid with niello. High status weapon. Pommel originally featured two animal heads at each end, with protruding ears and round eyes…

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…

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.…

AN00166035_001_l. Iron pattern-welded sword blade; remains of wooden grip; T-shaped pommel; in two pieces, with one bag of fragments. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the…

AN00021093_001_l. Iron, upper end of sword-blade + down-curved guard; 2 nielloed silver bands + dotted animals & foliage on tang; triangular pommel. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered…

AN00032260_001_l. Iron sword blade with broad tang, pattern-welded. Hilt fittings separately mounted. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and…

The crest of the York Helmet has a Latin inscription that includes the word 'Oshere', probably the name of the owner.

AN00757266_001_l. Copper alloy figure of a boar, cast with punched eye markings, ridge along its back; possibly from a helmet. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British…