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Ixworth Cross
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.453. Gold, garnet. Mid 7th century. The central roundel is divided into concentric rings, comprised of rectangular and T-shaped cloisonné work cells. The flared arms of the cross comprise a central panel divided…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Cross, Jewellery, Religion
Ipsden Heath strap-ends
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…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Strap-end
Holderness Cross
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…
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Disc Brooch
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1934.202. 7th century. Gold, garnet and glass. Composite disc brooch, elaborately decorated with cloisonné work and inlaid with garnets and coloured glass. Beaded wire rim and gold filigree scrollwork. Discovered in…
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Cuerdale Hoard
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.519-551. Silver. Largest Viking-Age silver hoard discovered to date in North-West Europe, consisting of over 8,500 individual silver items, buried in a lead lined chest. They include silver ingots, rings,…
Tags: Archaeology, Ashmolean Museum, Hoard, Numismatics, Silverwork, Viking
Cuddesdon Bowl
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1980.269. Glass. 11.5 cm diameter. Blue glass bowl with trailed decoration, vertical loops towards the base and spirals around the neck. Probably a drinking vessel, and of Kentish origin. Found in a grave in 1847…
Crondall Hoard - Selection of coins
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. HCR4915. Gold. c.640. Gold thrymsas. Originally the hoard consisted of 101 coins. Modelled on Merovingian coinage; possibly the earliest English shillings and certainly the most important evidence for early Anglo-Saxon…
Tags: Archaeology, Ashmolean Museum, Coins, Hoard, Numismatics
Children's drawings from the Ashmolean
Children's drawings from the Ashmolean Museum's 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' exhibition and website.
Brooch
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.196. Gold, silver, garnet. 6th century gilt disc brooch with cloisonné work and inlaid garnets. Discovered Faversham, Kent.
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Brooch
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1972.1401. Gold, garnet, glass, shell. 7th century cloisonné work disc brooch, inlaid with garnets, white shell and coloured glass, and divided into four circular panels (only one of which is intact) around a central…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Brooch, Jewellery