Three pieces of the Hoard have been identified as belonging to one object, but no one is sure what the object once was. Conservators have ...

Gold and garnet bird of prey from the Staffordshire Hoard   The Staffordshire Hoard: Gold and garnet sword pyramid with figur...

This small stud, surrounded by gold and garnets, is a great example of early work with millefiori. Millefiori means 'One thousand flower...

The Staffordshire Hoard is remarkable for the extraordinary quantity of sword fittings. Most are of gold and many are beautifully inlaid ...

The Old English word seax is used to describe a wide variety of single-edged knives. These range from the small knives people wore at t...

This mysterious piece, almost four inches long, uses the same principle as the brake lights of modern cars: The wafflelike texture of the ...

Photograph by Robert Clark All artifacts owned by: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent...