Sword Pommel

Unknown Artist

late 9th century

Sword Pommel by Unknown Artist

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

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