The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found, consisting of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments amounting to a total of 5.1 kilograms of gold, 1.4 kilograms of silver and some 3,500 pieces of garnet cloisonne jewellery. It has been described by the historian Cat Jarman as possibly the finest collection of early medieval artefacts ever discovered.
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Year CreatedMost likely deposited between 650 and 675 CE; individual artefacts were probably manufactured across the 6th and 7th centuries, so no single manufacture year applies to the hoard as a whole. MediumGold, silver and garnet cloisonne metalwork 1 LocationBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent 1 Connections
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Source Staffordshire Hoard (Wikipedia)
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1. Staffordshire Hoard (Wikipedia)
Wikipedialead paragraph, third sentence
The hoard was most likely deposited between 650 and 675 CE, and contains artefacts probably manufactured during the 6th and 7th centuries.
lead paragraph, second sentence
It consists of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, amounting to a total of 5.1 kg (11 lb) of gold, 1.4 kg (3 lb) of silver and some 3,500 pieces of garnet cloisonne jewellery.
lead paragraph, final sentence
The hoard was purchased jointly by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery for £3.285 million under the Treasure Act 1996.
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The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. It consists of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, amounting to a total of 5.1 kg (11 lb) of gold, 1.4 kg (3 lb) of silver and so
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