Gold solar cross pendants, from pagan to chrisitanity

Beliefs in transition. These objects reflect the Anglo-Saxons' transition from pagan to Christian beliefs during the A.D. 600s. Fish, depicted on the fine buckle and circular mount, were an early Christian symbol but had also been used in pagan times. The gold disc pendant shows four face masks familiar from traditional art, but their cross-shaped arrangement implies a Christian meaning. The crosses represented on the gold and garnet pendants, silver pin, copper alloy buckle and pendants are more overly Christian. A.D. 600s. Crundale Down, Kent, 1893,0601.204. Hardingstone, Hampshire, on load from Hunt Museum Ireland Ash, Kent, 1862,0701.16 Wilton, Norfolk, 1859,0521.1. Sittingbourne,