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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Richard Bowmaker, post: 2326161, member: 15526&quot;]Hi - no idea where to ask this question, so I’ll start here. I am not an antique ‘person’ so forgive my ignorant tone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have acquired a very nice c800 Anglo Saxon silver strap end. It’s nicely preserved and has perfect rivet holes. </p><p><br /></p><p>My wife is a historian with a penchant for the period, and I wanted to get a professional jeweller to mount the strap end into a necklace / pendant for her via the rivet holes. Now comes the etiquette question... Are those of you who are reading this who know about such things gasping in horror at this idea?</p><p><br /></p><p>Should these kind of things be kept as museum / display pieces / in collections, and is trying to make something of this in some other way scoffed at, or is this kind of ok? I don’t want to appear to be an antique muppet as it were <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>appreciate any feedback![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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