Stud fitting
This is one of three stud fittings donated to the museum with a collection of paintings and ‘ethnological objects’. There is no record of where these objects had been found...
This is one of three stud fittings donated to the museum with a collection of paintings and ‘ethnological objects’. There is no record of where these objects had been found...
This is one of three stud fittings donated to the museum with a collection of paintings and ‘ethnological objects’. There is no record of where these objects had been found...
This is one of three stud fittings donated to the museum with a collection of paintings and ‘ethnological objects’. There is no record of where these objects had been found...
In February 2021 Jamie Wildman, a postgraduate researcher in Environmental Science at the University of Northampton, put out a call for information. He sought English records of the chequered skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon). This species became extinct in England around 1976. Reintroduction trials began 1990. Jamie is studying the species’ reintroduction in collaboration with Butterfly […]
This circular fitting is decorated with leaves. It was probably used to decorate furniture or a small storage box....
This decorative fitting may have been used on a horse harness....
This phallic stud was possibly a fitting for a horse harness. This symbol guarded against the influence of evil....
This was part of the legionary soldier’s armour. Metal discs like these hung on leather straps from the soldier’s belt....
This was part of the legionary soldier’s armour. Metal discs like these hung on leather straps from the soldier’s belt....