Recent Acquisitions of local items

 

Silver medieval buckle from Felsted, tiny
but beautifully cast and decorated

 

Stuffed fox eating a grey partridge, mounted by Saffron Walden taxidermist Joseph Travis in the 19th century

 

Tudor finger ring

 

A tiny (14 x 12 mm) detailed silver badge of St George dated to 15th century from Takeley.

 

Home made dress from the 1950s

A penannular gold ring banded with silver, 18mm across, dating to around 1020-800 BC. The find-spot was Takeley.

 

Medieval Buckle plate from Thaxted

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