Cotswold Archaeology Illustration Team photographs Staffordshire Hoard
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The Staffordshire Hoard was found by a metal detectorist in the summer of 2009. It consisted of more than 3,500 gold and silver items and weighed over 5kg. The hoard contains mainly military items – beautifully decorated fittings from the handles of swords and knives. There are also hundreds of pieces of silver foil that probably come from one or more helmets. The artefacts have been dated to the seventh or eighth centuries.
Cotswold Archaeology Illustrators, Lucy Martin and Aleks Osinska, are involved in producing a fully illustrated catalogue of the hoard. The catalogue will present all the pieces of the hoard, and describe the shape, decoration and composition of the pieces. It will also show how the individual fragments relate to each other. This is part of a major research project and more details can be found HERE.
The Staffordshire Hoard is owned by Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent City Councils and cared for on their behalf by Birmingham Museums Trust and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. The Staffordshire Hoard research project is conducted by Barbican Research Associates and funded by Historic England and the owners.
Further information can be found on The Staffordshire Hoard website.
