A lovely L5thC gold & garnet cloisonné belt-buckle + a hilt, from Esslingen, southern Germany: http://www.museum-digital.de/bawue/index.php?t=objekt&oges=455 …pic.twitter.com/2r43Fa4psM
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A dark crystal ball encased in gold, from prob burial of Merovingian Queen Wisigard, d.c.540 http://m.fnp.de/lokales/kreise_of_gross-gerau/Koeniginnen-der-Merowinger;art688,238135 …pic.twitter.com/COJECyo7Vy
Viking rock crystal and silver pendant, Domerarve, Öja, Gotland: https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/historiska/13618002963/in/set-72157643390096015/ …pic.twitter.com/acH0WfLycU
A crystal ball found in the Merovingian cemetery at Herpes-en-Charente, France + other finds http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=34918001&objectId=89331&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/KaitGvNmbE
@caitlinrgreen Details on the other artefacts reminiscent of the Staffordshire Hoard.
(and am I the only one sniggering at the place name?!)
@Tig1971 Indeed! And nope....! :)
@caitlinrgreen They're beautiful, Caitlin, but how would they have shaped the crystal into spheres with the tools available to them
@GeorgeRick1 I have quite literally no idea! :) Assume roughly cut and then polished...???
@caitlinrgreen OK, this may extend past your interest level, but I got to puzzling over it and then Googled it andpic.twitter.com/l52CqwtsNx
@caitlinrgreen found this device from1960 which was designed to shape spheres-it's motor driven but the principal may have been used earlier
@GeorgeRick1 Intriguing! Sounds plausible! ;)
@caitlinrgreen Forget my earlier tweet, *this* is the one I want :)
@Tig1971 I think it's definitely the most lovely example I've seen---beautiful decoration and so clear!
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