Hacksilver fragment

Description

Small undecorated hacksilver fragment, from Norrie's Law, Fife, 500 - 700 AD

Museum reference

X.2015.289.26

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Hacksilver fragment

Date

6th - 7th century
Early Medieval

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Small piece of silver with raised border and curved profile, possibly a fragment of a repousse-decorated sheet, with no original edges. The border curves but the edge here is broken rather than cut suggesting it originally was part of a bigger design rather than an intentional border

Collection place(s)

Norrie's Law, Largo, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Landowner: Durham, James, General, 1754 - 1840
Reporter: Buist, George, 1805 - 1860

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record