When we presented Sue Brunning with the task of choosing the best ostentatiously decorated, otherwise mundane object, she went straight for the big one. And by big one we mean a 3cm buckle, likely from a early medieval satchel. But while it's not that big, the blacksmith who made this clearly didn't see that as an obstacle to layering it with an, quick frankly, astounding level of detail.

To find out more about this buckle from King's Field in Faversham: https://bit.ly/3os39cD

Curators Cornered is a series born of necessity: a necessity to find the best object of every conceivable category from the British Museum Collection... also we were all stuck working from home...


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