Jewellery from the Anklam guild treasury – letter pendant and beltplate

• silver, 16th century,
  gilded letter pendant; length: 6 x 3 cm,
  gilded beltplate; width: 3.5 cm
  (on loan by the State Office for Culture and Heritage)

Letter pendants and fabric trimming are symbols of the owner's social status and class. The pendant with the letters V and A beneath a crown may indicate it was worn by an aristocrat. The belt plate with the eyelet for the pendant is richly decorated with set stones. Above the eyelet there is a winged head in the style of Renaissance art.

Ornaments adorn the stamped, rectangular belt plate, arranged in regular rows.

The pieces originate from a treasure discovered 1995 at Wollweberstraße 42.