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/VB9DTPN0o1
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Some very early garnet cloisonné from Hatra, Iraq (E3rdC), & Ureki, Georgia (L3rd-E4thC): https://www.academia.edu/2614655/Rethinking_the_Sutton_Hoo_Shoulder_Clasps_and_Armour … & https://www.academia.edu/2614651/Garnet_Inlays_in_the_Light_of_the_Armaziskhevi_Dagger_Hilt …pic.twitter.com/rPPZjl2xis
Two gold and garnet cloisonné dragon terminals from a 5thC Eastern Hunnic 'royal collar', ?Kyrgyzstan: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/old-master-sculpture-works-art-l14233/lot.12.html …pic.twitter.com/Jph1cFxNIy
Finally the gold, glass & garnet cloisonné dagger from an E6thC Silla tomb, Korea; prob made in Black Sea area: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mpanKmU_ckYC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/2bvquy4jTB
The gold & garnet cloisonné sword-harness pyramids from the early 7th-century Sutton Hoo ship burial, with blue chequered millefiori on the top: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=87368&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/Ybn6NELV89
The tiny garnet face hidden on the leg of the bird mount from the early 7th-century Sutton Hoo shield :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=722950001&objectid=86436 …pic.twitter.com/Ys2yqazVLx
Two 6th-century Frankish bird brooches, made from garnet, gold, glass and pearl: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.191.164-5/ …pic.twitter.com/R16x6Le9kn
A 7th-century Anglo-Saxon gold & garnet pendant from Southampton Football Club; the rest of the cemetery lies unexcavated under the pitch! https://www.flickr.com/photos/wessexarchaeology/51572937/in/gallery-49590941@N04-72157624032036566/ …pic.twitter.com/p9j1uimoxI
A gold and garnet bird of prey from the 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard.pic.twitter.com/Wb8g0aTFje
Fascinating Caitlin!
Thanks! :)
amazing craftmanship. They were indeed skilled at their work
Delightful pieces 
Always amazed at the sophistication and quality
That looks like turquoise accents on the buckle. Also, how do the lions keep those garnets secure between their tails and hind legs?
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