Our first visit to the BM was in 1979, and there were many subsequent visits. In 2021, 2022, and 2024, we had apartments in Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Pimlico, and thus the museum was within walking distance, sometimes just a few blocks, and there were many, many more visits. We feel like we know the place pretty well. Consequently, our lone 2026 visit was confined to a few favorites in the Celtic/Roman/British eras rooms.
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The Fishpool Hoard, deposited around 1464, during the War
of the Roses; some 1300 gold coins and several items of very
finely worked jewelry; largest Medieval hoard yet found in
Britain; we like hoards |
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| Among the Fishpool jewelry |
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| Incredible detail |
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| Padlock engraved "all of my heart" |
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| Bronze-cast church or monastery door knocker |
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| Nice jaws of hell...alabaster, Medieval |
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We scarcely ever noticed aquamaniles before our visits to the Met
in 2024; now we see them everywhere...for washing hands at the
table; always on the look-out at Goodwill... |
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A Medieval citale...sort of a pre-guitar...converted in 1578
to a violin...inscription refers to Elizabeth I and her special
gentlemen friend, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester |
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| Seal of Chichester Cathedral, c. 1220 |
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| Aquamaniles everywhere... |
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The Dunstable Swan jewel; c. 1400; the swan an emblem
of the Lancasters... |
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| "Museum closing, go home" |
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