The Middleham Jewel

English

Yorkshire Museum and Gardens

2nd half of 15th Century

Jewel consists of engraved gold with cabochon sapphire.

• Medium: gold & sapphire
• Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.8cm
• Grant Paid: £180,000 ( Total: £2,500,000; Export stopped)
• ArtFunded in: 1992

Provenance

Found with a metal detector at Middleham, North Yorkshire by Mr E Seaton; Sotheby's, 1986; Private collection.

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