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The Vaso Vescovali
High tin bronze vessels were valued throughout the Islamic w…
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The Thwaite cross
This cross was found near Thwaite, Suffolk, in 1999. It is a…
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Astronomical compendium
Astronomical compendia are a collection of small instruments…
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Bowl from the Carthage Treasure
The bowl is decorated with five pastoral scenes, four around…
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Electroplate teapot, designed by Christopher Dresser and made by James Dixon and Sons
Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) was the most brilliant and p…
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Five silver spoons
In 1964 part of the nave of St Michael's Church, Abberley wa…
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Glass tankard with silver-gilt mounts
By the second quarter of the sixteenth century, Venetian gla…
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Gold brooch hoop
The history of this open-ring brooch is almost unknown. It w…
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Iron and silver buckle
In spite of its large size, this buckle was probably worn on…
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Iron axe-head inlaid with silver
The axe, particularly the lighter francisca , or throwing-ax…
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Iron spearhead with silver and copper decoration
This large and elegant spearhead was found in the River Tham…
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Largitio dish of the Emperor Licinius
The Latin inscription around the inside of this dish reads L…
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Malling jug
Etienne Perlin, a French visitor to London in the 1550s, not…
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Nomad bridle-bit
This two-piece bridle-bit is made of iron, inlaid with silve…
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Observatory regulator, made by Thomas Tompion
In 1675 King Charles II (1660-85) issued a Royal Warrant ena…
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Openwork sword pommel
This elaborate sword pommel was discovered on farmland in 19…
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Rock crystal buckle with a silver tongue
The buckle is probably from a belt. The hoop of rock crystal…
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Seal-die of Isabella of Hainault
The seal-die of a medieval king or queen was usually destroy…
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Silver bowl from the Carthage Treasure
This simple, elegant vessel has a hemispherical bowl on a hi…
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Silver bracelet
Testing marks on the edges of this silver bracelet indicate …
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Silver bracelet-1
This silver bracelet of hammered sheet is hinged on one side…
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Silver disc brooch
This silver disc brooch is elaborately decorated with Borre …
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Silver pendant
This silver temporal pendant or earring is one of a pair. It…
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Silver tankard made by Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Company was a leading New York silver and jeweller…
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Silver-gilt chalice
This chalice is in very good condition, retaining much of it…
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Silver-gilt sword pommel
This spectacular pommel was found in 1861, together with a t…
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Square-headed brooch
This brooch, although fragmentary, is a significant early ex…
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Stoneware tankard with silver-gilt mounts
This stoneware drinking jug has been salt-glazed. Stoneware …
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The Lampsacus spoons
'O handsome youth, do not believe too much in beauty', reads…
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The Portland Font
This superb gold font was designed by Humphrey Repton (1752-…
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Triple pin set
This unusual and richly decorated set of three linked pins w…
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Venus and Adonis, attributed to Francesco Fanelli
When this small figure group was in the collection of Sir Ha…
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Bronze statuette of Mars
This accomplished casting, enlivened with silver inlay, is t…
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Cordoba Treasure
This hoard of silver artefacts was deposited in the ground a…
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Flanged silver bowl and cover from the Mildenhall treasure
This bowl is the earliest vessel in the Mildenhall treasure,…
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Fluted silver bowl from the Mildenhall treasure
Large bowls of this type were evidently intended to hold wat…
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Gilded spoons from the Thetford treasure
These gilded spoons formed part of a remarkable hoard of lat…
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Gold torcs from the Ipswich Hoard
Five of these gold torcs were found during construction work…
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Hoard of silver drinking cups
These silver wine-cups may have formed part of the wealth of…
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Large spoons (cigni) from the Thetford treasure
These sixteen cigni , spoons with short bird-head handles, f…
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Long spoons (cochlearia) from the Thetford treasure
These seventeen cochlearia , spoons with long pointed handle…
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Silver arm and plaque from a small statue of Victory
The plaque was originally attached to the wrist. The inscrip…
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Silver dish with niello decoration from the Mildenhall treasure
With a diameter of 55.6 cm and weight of 5,023 grammes, this…
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Silver hairpin with hand
The terminal of this silver hairpin is shaped as a hand hold…
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Silver ingot
Silver ingots like this were used to pay soldiers and civil …
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Silver ladles from the Mildenhall treasure
Deep, round-bowled spoons like this have been found in a num…
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Silver torc from the Snettisham hoard L
This is one of two silver torcs buried with ten gold ones in…
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The Mildenhall treasure
This hoard is one of the most important collections of late-…
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Two steelyard weights
These weights (2361 g and 2347 g), for a statera or steelyar…
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Silver pieces of eight
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the powers of W…
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Bronze figure of a seated cat
The domesticated cat is probably associated more with ancien…
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Bronze figure of Apis, the sacred bull
Many animals play a part in the religious life of ancient Eg…
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Bronze statue of Khonsuirdis
Bronze figures are not particularly common before the Late P…
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Bronze statuette of the moon god Iah
The god Iah, whose name means 'moon', first appears in the L…
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Bronze statuette of Thutmose IV
The posture of the king kneeling and holding two pots in off…
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Gilded silver statuette of Amun-Re
The Theban god Amun became nationally important when the loc…
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Gold bangle with gold and silver amulets
This bangle is made of two bands of beaten gold separated by…
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Bob Haozous, Apache Necklace
This provocative necklace is by the artist and sculptor Bob …
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Cast gold socket with human couple
Various types of Quimbaya gold object, such as ornaments, li…
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Clarence's Truck, by Clarence Lee
This ring is typical of the work of Clarence Lee: nostalgic …
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Coral and glass bead necklace
This coral and glass bead necklace has silver chains, coins,…
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Hide shield with velvet and silverwork, with a lion's mane pendant
Within the Christian empire of northern and central Ethiopia…
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Silver-gilt dish with a gold soul-bearer's badge
This silver-gilt dish was commissioned by William Alleyne, M…
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Woman's jewellery
Shown here are a pair of prayer capsules ( bent ), a chest p…
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Black lacquer writing-box
This writing-box is in the decorative tradition of Hon'ami K…
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Bronze bull head
This bull's head and a dragon-like head (now at the Freer Ga…
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Bronze lotus mandala, with silver and copper inlay
Both stone and metal images were made during the Pala dynast…
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Cloisonné mandala
This miniature building represents a Buddhist mandala in t…
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