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Watercolour showing fragments of metal chainwork
Copyright Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
Watercolour showing fragments of metal chainwork
Site name : Benty Grange
Site type : Burial site
Time period : Anglo-Saxon
Material : Metal; Iron
Object type : Grave goods; Household item
Museum number : 1995.195
This odd pronged object is the most distinctive of the pieces of ironwork found in the Benty Grange burial. Thomas Bateman was uncertain what it was. He wondered if it might be part of the helmet. Unfortunately it does not survive. This watercolour is the only record of its appearance.
Modern research suggests that this is probably part of a suspension chain. These were used to hang a cauldron or hanging bowl. A similar example was found in the famous ship burial at Sutton Hoo.
Bibliography :
Bateman, T. , 1861
Bruce-Mitford, R. and Luscombe, M. R. , 1974
Jones, H. E. , 1997
Glossary:
Escutcheon
Llewellynn Jewitt
Sutton Hoo
Tang
Thomas Bateman
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Escutcheon from Roystone Grange
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Watercolour showing fragments of metal chainwork
Fragments of enamelled escutcheon from Benty Grange
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