Tuesday, 29th November 2011
Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions as to what the ‘mystery object’ might be. Sorry it has taken a while to get around to replying to you, but there was a mountain of emails and other work waiting for me when I got back from Washington....
Friday, 18th November 2011
While Dave Symons and the Staffordshire Hoard have been wowing American audiences the team at BMAG have not been idle. A new Staffordshire Hoard display has just opened at BMAG in Gallery 12 Standing in for Dave as curator I joined Exhibitions Manager Andy Horn...
Thursday, 3rd November 2011
Observation, examination and collaboration: How conservators help piece it all together Description K453 is one of the larger pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard. This has been described as a silver gilt plate with rows of zoomorphic decoration. It has been called a cheek piece, because...
Friday, 14th October 2011
Three pieces of the Hoard have been identified as belonging to one object, but no one is sure what the object once was. A number of very tentative suggestions have been made as to what it MIGHT be (see below), but none have met with...
Tuesday, 4th October 2011
My name is Simon Doyle, and I am a blacksmith. I am privileged to have gained an internship placement with Birmingham Museum whilst studying on a Heritage Ironwork course with the National Heritage Ironwork Group. Whilst the work here bears little relation to what I...
Wednesday, 10th August 2011
As a conservation intern with the Staffordshire Hoard, I am in an enviable position this summer. I arrived in Birmingham from the United States at the beginning of June, and I have yet to experience a dull moment. Within the first two weeks alone, I...
Monday, 1st August 2011
X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) is a technique that is widely used in the heritage sector to identify the elements present on the surface of an object as it is a non-destructive technique. Once the objects from the Staffordshire Hoard have been cleaned they are analysed in...
Monday, 25th July 2011
The Hoard Conservation Team at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated towards the fundraising of the Keyence 3D digital microscope. The purchase of this essential piece of kit was funded through the generosity...
Wednesday, 6th July 2011
Conservation of the hoard is well underway, with more than 80 objects conserved to date. This blog post will describe the conservation of a beautiful gold and cloisonné garnet strip (Figure 1). Before conservation, the strip was almost completely covered with compact, sandy soil from...
Monday, 4th July 2011
My name is Sarah Klopf and I am a student from the University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt, Germany, where I am studying on a four years course on conservation of archaeological objects and handcraft. I have done internships in the UK before and noticed...