"The unique rock crystal jar decorated with gold filigree that was one of the treasures found in the Galloway Hoard has gone on display for the first time at the Kirkcudbright Galleries, less than 10 miles from where the hoard was discovered in 2014. The Galloway Hoard was buried around 900 A.D., and contains an unprecedented assemblage of precious artifacts and materials from Ireland, Anglo-Saxon England, Persia and even as far as Central Asia."
"The gold filigree-mounted rock crystal jar was of Anglo-Saxon manufacture, and the quality of materials and craftsmanship places among the greatest examples of Anglo-Saxon metal work. A Latin inscription on the base reading H Y G V A L D E P : F A C : I U S S (Bishop Hyguald had me made) identifies it as having come from a Northumbrian cathedral treasury, although no bishop named Hyguald has been found in the patchy surviving church records of the 9th century."
The rock crystal jar with gold filigree comes from the Galloway Hoard buried around 900 A.D. The hoard includes artifacts from Ireland, Anglo-Saxon England, Persia and Central Asia. The jar's gold mounting is Anglo-Saxon and represents exceptional metalwork. A Latin inscription, H Y G V A L D E P : F A C : I U S S, links the piece to a Northumbrian cathedral treasury and a Bishop Hyguald. The carved crystal predates the mount and resembles a Roman miniature column capital. The crystal was reworked with spirals of twisted and plaited gold wire, fitted with a gold spout, and likely held a precious liquid or relic before being wrapped and placed in the hoard.
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