Buried treasure
Well, this is certainly a bit of a change for me! It's still a miniature, though, so I guess not so much of a surprise really. It's a pewter replica based on an Anglo-Saxon (7th Century) helmet, which was found in 1939 at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. When it was excavated it was in hundreds of rusty pieces, but it was painstakingly reconstructed. The original was made of iron, bronze, tin, gold, silver and garnets. How I would LOVE to have seen it then.
If you're wondering about the scale, this replica is 1" high.
Buried treasure
Well, this is certainly a bit of a change for me! It's still a miniature, though, so I guess not so much of a surprise really. It's a pewter replica based on an Anglo-Saxon (7th Century) helmet, which was found in 1939 at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. When it was excavated it was in hundreds of rusty pieces, but it was painstakingly reconstructed. The original was made of iron, bronze, tin, gold, silver and garnets. How I would LOVE to have seen it then.
If you're wondering about the scale, this replica is 1" high.