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Mazer and cover
A mazer is a drinking bowl made of wood. Although used princ…
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Miniature travelling clock by Thomas Tompion
This miniature travelling clock is one of Thomas Tompion's m…
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Nocturnal and Tide Predictor, made by Humphrey Cole
A nocturnal is an instrument that enables the user to determ…
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Pair of drinking horns
These drinking horns are made from the extremely large horns…
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Pair of ivory and silver-gilt covered cups
The mounting of carved ivory cylinders, or 'sleeves' in silv…
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Pair of oval brooches
This matching pair of gilt-bronze brooches was found in 1867…
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Plated disc brooch
Brooches of this class are termed 'plated' because a smaller…
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Reliquary of St Eustace
From the ninth century onwards containers for the relics of …
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Repeat and calendar watch by Abraham Louis Breguet, no. 65
Abraham Louis Breguet was the most celebrated of all French …
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Seal-die of Robert Fitzwalter
A seal-die is an engraved stamp used to impress a design ont…
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Seax of Beagnoth
The Old English word seax means 'knife', but is specifically…
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Silver and enamel box, by Eugène Feuillâtre
This magnificent decorative box is a tour de force of the en…
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Silver and gold buckle decorated with a fish
The fish on this buckle is seen from above, with its head fa…
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Silver bowl
The bowl, or pyx, is made of gilded silver and niello . It h…
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Silver bowl from the first Cyprus treasure
This bowl, together with a paten, hexagonal censer and twent…
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Silver bowls and spoons from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo
The Sutton Hoo ship burial contains the largest quantity of …
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Silver brooch
This gilded silver radiate -headed brooch is decorated with …
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Silver cased chronometer with tourbillon and spring-detent escapement
In spite of the troubled times caused by England's war with …
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Silver censer from the first Cyprus treasure
This censer, together with a bowl , a paten, and twenty-four…
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Silver chalice from the Kaper Koraon treasure
A few years after this chalice was first seen it was offered…
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Silver gilt and garnet brooch with a runic inscription
The inscription is lightly scratched in runes on the back of…
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Silver gilt mount from a sword scabbard
The sword was the most prestigious weapon an Anglo-Saxon man…
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Silver knife mount with runic inscription
This fragment of a gilded silver fitting was discovered in t…
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Silver ring brooch
This handsome brooch is said to have come from the ancient r…
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Silver 'thistle' brooch
This brooch was found by a boy in a field near Penrith in 17…
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Silver-gilt casket
The lid of this casket has heraldic devices which inform us …
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Silver-gilt cup and cover, and a sideboard dish, by Paul de Lamerie
Treby commissioned both these display pieces at the same tim…
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Silver-gilt ewer and basin
The well of the basin is inscribed with the arms of Robert d…
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Silver-gilt ewer and basin by Pierre Harrache
The helmet-shaped ewer was one of the new forms introduced i…
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Silver-gilt tazza with a scene showing Vulcan's Forge
This silver-gilt tazza (footed bowl) bears the mark of a mem…
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Six disc brooches from the Pentney hoard
The brooches of this extraordinary hoard are principally mad…
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St Conall Cael's bell
This iron hand bell is said to have originally belonged to S…
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Sword grip and pommel
This elegant silver sword hilt was found in the nineteenth c…
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Table clock by Lucas Weydmann
By the mid-seventeenth century the art of making finely deco…
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The Armada Service
The service comprises a set of twenty-six parcel gilt (partl…
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The Fuller Brooch
This splendid circular brooch is made from hammered sheet si…
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The Goodricke Cup
The Goodricke Cup is a standing cup in the form of an ostric…
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The Halton Moor hoard
The decoration on this fine cup, from a hoard found at Halto…
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The Kells crozier
This fine crozier was found without explanation in a solicit…
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The Londesborough Brooch
This silver and gold brooch belongs to a 'Golden Age' in Iri…
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The Lycurgus Cup
This extraordinary cup is the only complete example of a ver…
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The Projecta Casket
This casket is one of the most important and magnificent exa…
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The Savernake Horn
The horn is made from elephant ivory which has been faceted …
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The Strickland Brooch
The history of this elaborate silver disc brooch is almost u…
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Two silver gilt disc brooches
The larger of these two brooches bears three keystone-shaped…
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Watch with seconds dial by Thomas Tompion
In 1675 Dr Robert Hooke and Christiaan Huygens independently…
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Bronze pan
Shallow pans of this kind with handles are usually known by …
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Bronze statuette of Nero
Though idealized, the facial features on this statuette do r…
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Cup from the Water Newton treasure
This cup is part of a hoard of silver vessels and plaques wh…
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Electrum torc from Snettisham (Hoard G)
This torc is part of hoard G found at Snettisham, which was …
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Hoxne hoard pepper pot
Alongside the approximately 15,000 coins were many other pre…
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Gilded silver spoons from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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Hoard of Iceni silver coins
This hoard consists of 872 silver coins of the Iron Age Icen…
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Silver hairpin with figure of Venus
Venus, a goddess often venerated by women, is shown here in …
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Silver handle from the Capheaton treasure
The fragments of highly decorated silver vessels that make u…
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Silver ladles from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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Silver plaque and gold disc from the Water Newton treasure
These objects are part of a hoard of silver vessels and plaq…
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Silver spoons from the Mildenhall treasure
The eight spoons in the Mildenhall treasure represent exampl…
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Silver statuette of Harpocrates
The figure, a naked child with a finger to his mouth, depict…
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Silver tigress from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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The Backworth treasure
Inscriptions on the silver pan and on one of the rings indic…
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The Barkway hoard
This temple hoard was found about 1743. The temple was proba…
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The Great Dish from the Mildenhall treasure
The most famous object in the Mildenhall treasure is the lar…
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The Great Torc from Snettisham
This torc was made with great skill and tremendous care in t…
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The Hoxne Hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard consists of over 15,000…
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Transverse strainer-spoons from the Hoxne hoard
The Hoxne (pronounced 'Hoxon') hoard is the richest find of …
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Money hat
This headdress or 'money hat' ( wuqayat al-darahem ) was mad…
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Pipes and smoking sets
Tobacco was probably introduced into Japan from the Philippi…
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