Sword Pommel
Unknown Artist
late 9th century
Medium
Copper alloy inlaid with silver wire and niello on an iron core
Dimensions
Overall: 1 7/8 x 3 13/16 x 7/8 in. (4.7 x 9.7 x 2.3 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
Anglo-Saxon
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 2005
Accession Number
2005.344