Staffordshire helmet
{{Short description|7th century Anglo-Saxon helmet}}
File:Staffordshire helmet - cheek guard.jpg
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The Staffordshire helmet is an Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered in 2009 as part of the Staffordshire Hoard. It is part of the largest discovery of contemporary gold and silver metalwork in Britain, which contained more than 4,000 precious fragments, approximately a third of which came from a single high-status helmet.{{cite web |title=Staffordshire Hoard Helmets Revealed for Public Display |url=https://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/staffordshire-hoard-helmets-revealed-for-public-display |website=Staffordshirehoard.org.uk |access-date=23 November 2018}} Following those found at Benty Grange (1848), Sutton Hoo (1939), Coppergate (1982), Wollaston (1997), and Shorwell (2004), it is only the sixth known Anglo-Saxon helmet.
The helmet, along with the entire hoard, was purchased jointly by the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, and is currently undergoing conservation work. In 2012 a second find of metalwork, including the second cheek guard, was made at the original site.
The helmet is believed to have been made around AD 600–650. Two replicas of the crested helmet have been made for display in the museums in Birmingham and Stoke.{{cite news |last1=Addley |first1=Esther |title=Ornate gold helmet from Staffordshire hoard recreated |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/nov/23/ornate-gold-helmet-from-staffordshire-hoard-recreated |access-date=23 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=23 November 2018}}
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- {{cite journal | last = Blakelock | first = Eleanor S. | date = 20 February 2014 | title = XRF Analysis of Silver Foils from the Staffordshire Hoard | journal = Staffordshire Hoard Research Reports | publisher = British Museum | issue = 8 | url = http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2457-1/dissemination/pdf/SHResearchReports/SHRR8_Blakelock.pdf }} {{free access}}
- {{cite journal | last = Blakelock | first = Eleanor S. | date = 2015 | title = XRF Study of Silver Objects from the Staffordshire Hoard | journal = Staffordshire Hoard Research Reports | publisher = British Museum | issue = 19 | url = http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2457-1/dissemination/pdf/SHResearchReports/SHRR19_Blakelock.pdf }} {{free access}}
- [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2457-1/dissemination/pdf/SHResearchReports/SHRR19_Blakelock_Appendix.pdf Appendix 3]
- {{cite journal | last = Blakelock | first = Eleanor S. | date = 2016 | title = The Analysis and Documentation of Niello Objects in the Staffordshire Hoard | journal = Staffordshire Hoard Research Reports | publisher = British Museum | issue = 21 | url = http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2457-1/dissemination/pdf/SHResearchReports/SHRR21_Blakelock.pdf }} {{free access}}
- {{cite journal | last1 = Butterworth | first1 = Jenni | last2 = Fregni | first2 = Giovanna | last3 = Fuller | first3 = Kayleigh | last4 = Greaves | first4 = Pieta | date = 2016 | title = The importance of multidisciplinary work within archaeological conservation projects: assembly of the Staffordshire Hoard die-impressed sheets | journal = Journal of the Institute of Conservation | publisher = Institute of Conservation | volume = 39 | issue = 1 | pages = 29–43 | doi = 10.1080/19455224.2016.1155071 | doi-access = free | name-list-style = amp }}
- {{cite book | last1 = Fern | first1 = Chris | last2 = Butterworth | first2 = Jenni | title = Warrior Treasure: The Staffordshire Hoard in Anglo-Saxon England | date = 2022 | publisher = Liverpool University Press | doi = 10.2307/j.ctv2tjdgbz | isbn = 978-1-80085-481-9 | jstor = j.ctv2tjdgbz | s2cid = 251477390 | name-list-style = amp }}
- {{cite book | last1 = Fern | first1 = Chris | last2 = Speake | first2 = George | author2-link = George Speake | title = Beasts, Birds and Gods: Interpreting the Staffordshire Hoard | date = 2014 | publisher = West Midlands History | location = Warwickshire | isbn = 978-1-905036-20-2 | name-list-style = amp }}
- {{cite book | editor1-last = Fern | editor1-first = Chris | editor2-last = Dickinson | editor2-first = Tania | editor2-link = Tania Dickinson | editor3-last = Webster | editor3-first = Leslie | editor3-link = Leslie Webster (art historian) | title = The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure | series = Research Report of the Society of Antiquaries of London | volume = 80 | date = 2019 | publisher = Society of Antiquaries of London | location = London | doi = 10.26530/20.500.12657/39941 | hdl = 20.500.12657/39941 | isbn = 978-1-5272-3350-8 | url = https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39941 | name-list-style = amp }} {{free access}}
- {{cite journal | last = Hilts | first = Carly | date = April 2019 | title = Crowning Glory: Reconstructing the Staffordshire Hoard helmet | journal = Current Archaeology | publisher = Current Publishing | volume = | issue = 349 | pages = 36–41 | issn = 0011-3212 }}
- {{cite web | last = Magnoler | first = Deborah L. | title = K453 and the 'Cheek piece' Group | date = 3 November 2011 | website = Staffordshire Hoard | url = http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/k453 | access-date = 26 May 2017 |archive-date = 18 May 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170518062401/http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/k453 | url-status = dead }}
- {{cite web | title = New finds discovered in Staffordshire Hoard field | date = 18 December 2012 | website = Staffordshire Hoard | url = http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/news/new-finds-discovered-in-staffordshire-hoard-field | access-date = 27 January 2017 }}
- {{cite journal | ref = {{harvid|Popular Archaeology|2016}} | date = Summer 2016 | title = New Secrets of Staffordshire Hoard Revealed | journal = Popular Archaeology | volume = 23 | url = http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/summer-2016/article/new-secrets-of-staffordshire-hoard-revealed }}
- {{cite web | last = Pilkington | first = Andrew | title = The Staffordshire Hoard Horseman Helmet Foil | date = 19 October 2012 | website = Staffordshire Hoard | url = http://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/the-staffordshire-hoard-horseman-helmet-foil | access-date = 27 January 2017 }}
- {{cite podcast | last = Ramirez | first = Janina | author-link = Janina Ramirez | title = Staffordshire Hoard Helmet | date = 2 April 2019 | series = Art Detective | url = https://player.fm/series/dr-janina-ramirez-art-detective-1424042/ep-64-staffordshire-hoard-helmet }} {{free access}}
- {{cite web | title = School of Jewellery helps to reconstruct Staffordshire Hoard Helmet | date = 23 November 2018 | website = Birmingham City School of Jewellery | url = https://www.bcu.ac.uk/jewellery/news-and-events/school-of-jewellery-helps-to-reconstruct-staffordshire-hoard-helmet | access-date = 9 December 2019 }}
- {{cite journal | last1 = Shearman | first1 = Fleur | last2 = Camurcuoglu | first2 = Duygu | last3 = Hockey | first3 = Marilyn | last4 = McArthur | first4 = Graeme | date = October 2014 | title = Investigative Conservation of the Die-impressed Sheet from the Staffordshire Hoard | journal = Staffordshire Hoard Research Reports | publisher = British Museum | issue = 17 | url = http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-2457-1/dissemination/pdf/SHResearchReports/SHRR17_Shearman_etal.pdf | name-list-style = amp }} {{free access}}
- {{cite book | last = Williams | first = Howard | author-link = Howard Williams (archaeologist) | editor1-last = Williams | editor1-first = Howard | editor1-link = Howard Williams (archaeologist) | editor2-last = Reavill | editor2-first = Peter | editor3-last = Clague | editor3-first = Samuel | title = The Public Archaeology of Treasure | date = 2022 | publisher = Archaeopress | location = Oxford | pages = 96–112 | chapter = The Staffordshire Hoard Conservation Program: an interview with Pieta Greaves | isbn = 978-1-80327-310-5 | url = https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/download/9781803273105 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221128140549/https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/download/9781803273105 | archive-date = 28 November 2022 | name-list-style = amp }} {{free access}}
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