Hacksilver fragment

Description

Three joining pieces of silver sheet, from Norrie's Law, Fife, 500 - 700 AD

Museum reference

X.FC 93

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Hacksilver fragment

Date

6th - 7th century

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Three joining pieces (numbered X.FC 93 A, X.FC 93B, X.FC 93C) of thin silver sheet, originally part of a single tapering piece of silver that was folded into a hacksilver parcel.

Collection place(s)

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

Associations

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

Exhibitions

• Scotland's Early Silver (13 Oct 2017 - 25 Feb 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Celts: Art and Identity (24 Sep 2015 - 31 Jan 2016)
  British Museum

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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