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Shale box, part of the hoard, probably containing the smaller items. The gold belt-buckle is an unusual find, and would have been worn by a man; [7] we know that belts decorated in various forms were important symbols of office or status in late Roman times, though few elements of them have survived. [8]
The hoard includes almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, [8] [1] totalling 5.094 kg (11.23 lb) of gold and 1.442 kg (3.18 lb) of silver, with 3,500 cloisonné garnets [6] [9] and is the largest treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver objects discovered to date, eclipsing, at least in quantity, the 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) hoard found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939.
In the early 2000's, the brand ventured into fine jewellery and started using semi-precious and precious stones in their designs such as ruby, opal and turquoise. [5] In 2019, Butler & Wilson released a jewellery collection to celebrate their 50th anniversary which compiled their most well-known designs.
This hoard of unique treasures, including the Mirror of Great Britain brooch, a 14th-century pendant called the Three Brothers, a 4.7-kilogram (10 lb) gold salt cellar known as the Morris Dance, and much fine Elizabethan plate, was expected to swell the king's coffers by £300,000, but fetched only £70,000. [55]
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The Galloway Hoard, now in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, is a hoard of more than 100 gold, silver, glass, crystal, stone, and earthenware objects from the Viking Age, discovered in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, in September 2014.