Staffordshire hoard comes home: 'It's a dream come true'

Guardian.co.uk ^ | Wednesday 10 February 2010 | # Christopher Thomond and Shehani Fernando

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Video: Deb Klemperer, head of collections at Stoke's Potteries Museum, describes the thrill of striking Anglo-Saxon gold – and explains why keeping the treasure on Staffordshire soil requires visitors, too, to dig deep

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Ping

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[Bigg Red]

Breathtaking!

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[bert]

I make Stirling silver dagger parts....Guards, Ferrules, pommels

Those shown here fabricated from gold look to me like work in the goldsmith’s studio. It seems to be stuff right off his bench but never included on an actual weapon.

He was a fantastic artist, multiple layers of competence above me.

[Mmogamer]

Do you have a catalog?

[afraidfortherepublic]

There are no words! Who were the goldsmiths? Where were these items made? Some of the figures are very much like the Book of Kells. Breathtaking just doesn’t describe them. Is there another superlative?

[afraidfortherepublic]

Giving this story another bump!

What gorgeous workmanship! And they called this the “Dark Ages”!