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Histories of Northamptonshire

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  • Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pendant necklace. © The Trustees of the British Museum

    Desborough Necklace

    Dating to the late 7th century the Desborough necklace belonged to a high status Anglo-Saxon woman and is likely to be explicity Christian in meaning.

    Anglo-Saxon 650 - 700 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Bronze, enamelled Roman vanity set hung from a chatelaine © NMAG

    Roman Chatelaine

    This astonishingly well preserved example of a chatelaine (collection of personal grooming objects), is a high-status object made to be seen as much as used.

    Roman - first century CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Gold and precious stone jewelled brooch or hat pin dating to mid-15th century © Victoria and Albert Museum

    Brigstock Jewel

    Mid-15th century jewelled brooch or hat pin found in Brigstock, within the medieval Rockingham Forest which covered large areas of Northamptonshire.

    Medieval 1450 Medieval to Tudor

  • 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 lead torc © NMAG

    Iron Age Torc

    Lead torc worn around the neck of an Iron Age woman. Found during excavation of a rare human Iron Age burial.

    Iron Age 800 BCE - 43 AD Geologic to Prehistoric

  • Discarded (partially worked) antler chess pieces © NMAG

    Bishop and Queen Chess Pieces

    These two discarded 12th century antler chess pieces were made in a workshop and are evidence of Northampton as a bustling medieval centre.

    Norman 1100 - 1199 Medieval to Tudor

  • Large piece of decorative stone with carved Anglo-Scandinavian interlace art style © NMAG

    Anglo-Saxon Stone

    Carved with typically Anglo-Scandinavian interlace, this stone was found reused in the Norman church of St Peters and may indicate an earlier 10th century church.

    Anglo-Saxon 10th century (900s) Roman and Early Medieval

  • Gold and enamelled figure depicting King Henry VI as a saint © The Trustees of the British Museum

    King Henry VI Gold Figurine

    Gold figurine depicting Henry VI as a saint which was possibly originally fixed to a larger vpprestigious object such as a crown.

    Medieval 1485 - 1538 Medieval to Tudor

  • Face of Silver-Gilt seal matrix (rhs) alongside mould of seal when pressed into wax © NMAG

    Medieval Seal Matrix

    A medieval silver-gilt seal matrix. Used to create wax impressions on documents, this is a rare example in the name of a medieval woman.

    Medieval 1200 - 1350 Medieval to Tudor

  • Tudor silver cup made in 1518/19. © The Trustees of the British Museum

    Welford Cup

    A silver cup, known as a Tudor grace cup, used as a domestic but ceremonial drinking cup passed around the table after prayers.

    Tudor 1518/9 Medieval to Tudor

  • Over the knee, high heeled boots made as props for the 2005 film Kinky Boots © NMAG

    Kinky Boots

    Boots made for the film Kinky Boots - telling the story of entrepeneurialism in the county's shoe manufacturing industry in the late 1990s.

    2005 Modern

  • Ceramic model of the Tudor Triangular Lodge in Rushton, by artist Hugh Colvin in later 20th century © NMAG

    Triangular Lodge

    A modern ceramic model made by Hugh Colvin. It represents the Triangular Lodge, a late 16th century building in Rushton bulit by Thomas Tresham.

    Tudor 1593 - 7 Medieval to Tudor