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  • Bronze Age pottery vessel or Beaker © NMAG

    Bronze Age Beaker

    HIghly decorated pottery vessel, known as a Beaker pot. Found as part of a male burial marked by a Bronze Age round barrow.

    2050 - 1900 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Flint dagger from Bronze Age barrow at Stanwick Lakes. © NMAG

    Bronze Age Flint Dagger

    This flint dagger was found in a male burial in a barrow along with other grave goods. It had never been used so may have been an ornamental or ritual piece.

    Early Bronze Age 3300 - 2100 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Bronze Age hoard © NMAG

    Bronze Age Hoard

    A collection of Bronze Age damaged or worn bronze objects including axe heads, sword framents and other bronze pieces found together buried in a hoard.

    Bronze Age 3300 - 1200 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Bronze Age ceramic spoon © NMAG

    Bronze Age Spoon

    A rare Bronze Age Ceramic spoon found in a cremation burial found during excavations in Middleton Cheney.

    Bronze Age 1970 - 1740 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Bronze Age decorated gold strip or ribbon © NMAG

    Early Bronze Age Ribbon

    A short piece of decorated gold strip or ribbon dating to the Bronze Age.

    Early Bronze Age Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Iron Age socketed axe made from cast iron © NMAG

    Iron Age Axe Head

    A socketed axe made by casting iron in a mould. It probably reflects the transition from bronze to iron metalworking in the early Iron Age.

    Iron Age 800 - 43 CE Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Solid Roman bronze horse and rider statuette, possibly a votive offering. © NMAG

    Roman Horse and Rider Statuette

    A bronze statuette of a horse and rider. This object is probably a votive or religious object left at the site of a Roman shrine.

    200 - 399 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • One of the eight bronze Roman Bowls found at Irchester in 1874. © NMAG

    Irchester Bowls

    A collection of bronze vessels, known as the Irchester bowls, found in 1874 at the site of Irchester Roman town, near Wellingborough.

    Roman 350 - 399 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Bronze  cast from clay maquete produced by sculptor Henry Moore © NMAG

    Madonna and Child Maquette

    Maquette (preliminary model) for Madonna and Child statue at St Matthews Church, Northampton. It was commissioned from the now-famous sculptor Henry Moore.

    1944- 5 Modern

  • Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch with runic name inscribed on rear. © NMAG

    Wakerley brooch

    Excavated from a burial in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, this square headed brooch is unusual in being marked with a runic inscription on the back.

    Saxon 500 - 700 CE Roman and Early Medieval