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Histories of Northamptonshire

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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

  • 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

  • Medieval encaustic floor tiles depicting crests of the Woodville family and the House of York © NMAG

    Woodville Tiles

    Medieval floor tiles decorated with the crests of the the Woodvilles and House of York. Laid as part of the floor at the Hermitage in Grafton Regis.

    Medieval 1464 - 1499 Medieval to Tudor

  • Anglo-Saxon pottery vessel excavated from cemetery at Overstone Leys. © NMAG

    Anglo-Saxon Pot

    One of the objects buried with an Anglo-Saxon male in the later 6th century, this beautifully decorated pottery vessel is stamped with triangular indentations.

    Anglo-Saxon 550 - 599 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Painted canal stool in castles and roses style by Frank Nurser © NMAG

    Frank Nurser Canal Stool

    Painted stool in Castles and Roses folkart style, used to decorate everyday items used by bargees, people who lived and worked on Northamptonshire's canal network.

    Georgian 1815 Stuart to Georgian