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Watercolour of finds from Benty Grange including escutcheon and cup fittings
Copyright Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
Watercolour of finds from Benty Grange including escutcheon and cup fittings
Site name : Benty Grange
Site type : Burial site
Time period : Anglo-Saxon
Material : Metal; Silver; Enamel; Bronze
Object type : Grave goods; Household item
Museum number : 1995.195; J93.1190; J93.1191; J93.1192
Llewellynn Jewitt produced four watercolours of finds from the Benty Grange burial. This is more than for any other site. This reflects the importance Thomas Bateman attached to this material. It is also very useful to modern archaeologists, because some of the objects have been lost. Jewitt's illustrations provide the only record of the appearance of these lost items. For example, only the cup fittings and pieces of the escutcheons survive from this watercolour. The object at the very bottom may be the thin bone ornamented with lozenges referred to by Bateman in his account of the excavation.
Bibliography :
Bateman, T. , 1861
Bruce-Mitford, R. and Luscombe, M. R. , 1974
Glossary:
Archaeologist
Escutcheon
Excavation
Llewellynn Jewitt
Thomas Bateman
Related objects
Escutcheon from Roystone Grange
Fittings from the cup from Benty Grange
Fragments of enamelled escutcheon from Benty Grange
Watercolour of finds from Cow Low including bowl, pin set, studs and beads
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