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AN00451312_001_l. Gold finger-ring: an eagle design on the bezel in yellow, blue and purple cloisonné enamel, surrounded with pellets. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under…

AN00032847_001_l. Gold sheet openwork sub-oval miniature buckle, with extensive filigree decoration in plain and beaded wire. Two opposed pairs of linked bird heads with incised hooked beaks enclose a rectangular central panel containing interlacing…

AN00032720_001_l. Almost square gold plaque with an attachment hole at each corner. A niello-inlaid line acts as a border on the lower three sides, but the blank area around each hole indicates that they were filled by a circular bossed rivet. The…

2006BC6621_jpg_l and 2006BC6622_jpg_l. The cross is one of the rare surviving pieces which give substance to descriptions in contemporary documentary sources of the sumptuous church furnishings of pre-Conquest England. The enamels are unique in…

AN00476288_001_l. Gravestone, tapered & carved on one side with 2 moustached human masks at ends of foliate interlace, 2 animal heads at other end. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered…

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1999.206. Gold and garnet. Early 7th century pectoral cross pendant, decorated with cloisonné work inlaid with garnets. Single sheet gold back-plate. Only 58 of the original 95 gems survive. Discovered in the 1960s…

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1997.56&57. 9th century. Gold and silver. Two silver strap-ends with panels of gold filigree, consisting of beaded gold wire and clusters. The strap-ends each terminate in a stylised beast's head with large circular…

There are two buildings at Deerhurst in Gloucestershire which are or contain Saxon remains.
Odda's chapel is shown first, then two features
from the nearby Church which was originally Saxon
and much developed later but retaining notable
Saxon…

Working as a volunteer in Winchester City Museum has given me the opportunity to record treasures that might be missed on a quick visit — like this tiny 76 mm by 48 mm carved walrus ivory panel. It was possibly made to embellish a keyhole at the…

AN00740728_001_l. Tapering sub-rectangular walrus ivory box with sliding lid. It is highly polished and has high relief carving on the lid and four sides, with glass inlays in the eyes of all creatures. The base consists of two pieces connected in…