© Chelmsford Museum
Jewellery hoard
Artist: Roman
Location: Chelmsford Museum
Date: 4th Century
Materials: jet
Dimensions: various dimensions
Grant:
Amount Paid: £930 (Total: £3,750)
Vendor: Joseph Mandel
Review number: 5891 (2007)
Provenance:
Excavated in 1972 in Chelmsford; on permanent display at Chelmsford Museum since 1991.
Description:
A hoard of Late Roman jet jewellery, discovered during excavations off Hall Street in Chelmsford (the Roman town of Caesaromagus). The jewellery is exquisitely carved and includes a Lion pendant, an articulated necklace and bracelet, hairpins, an armlet, and the Medusa Pendant, described as 'the finest found in Britain'. The collection illustrates the adornment of a wealthy lady of Late Roman Britain, and is likely to have been a votive deposit. Jet is a form of petrified wood and was collected at Whitby in Yorkshire.
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