9th century AD. A silver plate fragment with cast pelleted border, the main surface divided into two panels with a pelleted border between segmented zoomorphs in Trewhiddle Style with interlaced tendrils; the broken short edge of the piece shows the pelleted border and two circular piercings, one in the corner and another centrally near the upper edge; two circular holes near the lower corners. Cf. Trewhiddle hoard in Wilson, D.M. Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum, London, 1964, p.184ff. 7.30 grams, 31.34 mm (1 1/4"). Property of an English gentleman; acquired in 2010 from an East Midlands collector; formerly in a 1980s continental European collection; thence by descent. Fine condition, chipped.