CNG 103, Lot: 1291. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Silver scabbard mount. England, Anglo-Saxon, circa late 6th-7th century AD. Mount for a sword or dagger scabbard in the form of a pyramid; two faces are decorated with winged busts, two others with a ribbon-like design. Each face with niello inlay. An interior transverse bar connects two sides. Dimensions: 13x13x9mm; weight: 3.29g. Toned. Small break on one face.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.