An Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pyramidal mount Circa late 7th Century A.D. Each of the four open-work gold faces decorated with a trapezoidal cell surmounted by a triangular cell inlaid with flat-cut garnets, flanked by a triangular and rectangular cell on each corner, the square top inlaid with a pointillé gold foil backed garnet, some of the other garnets also backed with gold foil, the base folded inwards to form a flange around the hollow centre, 16.2mm high, the base 18.7mm x 18.5mm
An Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pyramidal mount Circa late 7th Century A.D. Each of the four open-work gold faces decorated with a trapezoidal cell surmounted by a triangular cell inlaid with flat-cut garnets, flanked by a triangular and rectangular cell on each corner, the square top inlaid with a pointillé gold foil backed garnet, some of the other garnets also backed with gold foil, the base folded inwards to form a flange around the hollow centre, 16.2mm high, the base 18.7mm x 18.5mm
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