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Title: | 591 Helmet cheek-piece cast in silver and gilded. [K453] |
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Description: |
591 Helmet cheek-piece cast in silver and gilded. With animal ornament and a gold collar. Helmet Fittings. Indivis=dual number: K453 From the Staffordshire Hoard collection, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK * The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found. Discovered in a field near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England on 5 July 2009, it consists of around 4,000 items. |
Keywords: |
Precious metal/Gold, Anglo-Saxon, PAS, Portable Antiquities Scheme, Antiquities, Birmingham Museums Trust/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Staffordshire Hoard, Armour, Metalwork, Archaeology, Antiquities/ Anglo-Saxon |
Usage Rights: | Creative Commons 0 - Public Domain. Optional attribution: Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0 |
Credit Line: | The Staffordshire Hoard is owned by Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent City Councils on behalf of the nation and cared for by Birmingham Museums Trust and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery |
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