Silver, 3.19 grams; 16.89 mm. Circa 7th - 9th Century A.D. A high-status decorative finial - probably from the top of a carved bone pin. The sides and top are lozengiform with an incised niello-filled lozenge design, with triangular interstitial panels. The socket is pierced for a retaining rivet. Reference: West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology, Ipswich, 1998, p.253 fig.6. Published: Hammond, Brett. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection, ex N. Campbell.