This is old news, I know … but I was watching a documentary recently (oooh I know, I do that a whole lot) and the images of the Staffordshire Hoard were truly stunning.
screen shot from documentary
The detail of these gold and garnet weapon adornments are astonishing.
screen shot from documentary
Can you imagine being on the conservation team who are the lucky ones to be slowly removing the soil from each of the little cells (with individually cut garnets, some of less than 1mm wide) and revealing the gorgeousness ….
or the gold work like in the pieces below …
or working as one of the volunteer documentation assistants!
screen shot from documentary
Cannot wait until all of this is documented or displayed in its entirety all in one place (it seems that only some of the pieces are displayed, and they are spread across locations).
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