Wild and Tamed

Gold lion paw and feather

October 2024 – April 2025 A display of objects that highlight the historical relationship between animals and us.

New Acquisition

cast silver hook is engraved with decoration in the Trewhiddle Anglo Saxon style, appearing to show a bird in downward flight

An interesting item, just three centimetres in length, recently found its way to the museum through the Treasure process. This cast silver hook is engraved with decoration in the Trewhiddle Anglo Saxon style, appearing to show a bird in downward flight. It is inlaid with niello (a black mixture, usually of sulphur, copper, silver, and […]

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