hacksilver; arm-ring

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Object Type: hacksilver; arm-ring
Museum number: 1841,0711.550
Description: Fragment of a silver arm-ring made from a rod of lozenge-shaped section, The arm-ring has been cut at both ends and bent into a loop. 16 nicks are visible.
Cultures/periods: Viking
Production date: 9thC-10thC(early); 905 (deposited circa)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Preston (Lancashire) (near); Excavated/Findspot: Cuerdale (Cuerdale hoard)
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Length: 41 millimetres; Weight: 13.43 grammes
Curator's comments: For comment from Graham-Campbell 1980 see 1841,0711.1.
Bibliographic references: Graham-Campbell 2011 / The Cuerdale Hoard and related Viking-age silver and gold from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum (cat. no. 1:927); Graham-Campbell 1980 / Viking Artefacts. A Select Catalogue (301)
Location: On display (G41/dc23)
Acquisition name: Donated by: Queen Victoria
Acquisition date: 1841
Acquisition notes: Presented through the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1841,0711.550
Conservation: Treatment: 06 Dec 2002; Treatment: 16 Oct 2009

Free entry