The David Hanson Collection

All antiquities on exhibition were acquired over the past 50 years by the founder of Collectors' Cabin, David Hanson.

(PLEASE NOTE: NONE OF THE ITEMS ON THIS PAGE ARE FOR SALE)

The display is presented in chronological order, with artefacts from c. 1,000 AD to 1630 AD organized into their respective cultures and historical periods to provide historical context and continuity.


With this in mind, feel free to use the buttons below to navigate to a particular civilization or period of interest:

Go to: THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIODGo to: THE HIGH MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Go to: THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIODGo to: THE POST MEDIEVAL PERIOD

Part 1. THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD

THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD

ANGLO-SAXON CHALK LOOM WEIGHT

Found at Dene Hole Filling, Weston Cross chalk quarry, Swanscombe, 1962.

Late Anglo Saxon Period

c. 700 - 1000 AD

(~ 1,300 - 1,000 years old)

Ex Bernard C. Pickard Collection.

Photographed with D.H's original label.

Section 2: THE HIGH MEDIEVAL PERIOD (MIDDLE)

THE HIGH MEDIEVAL PERIOD

ISLAMIC GLASS OINTMENT PHIAL

Middle East

c. 1200 - 1299 AD

(~ 800 - 700 years old)

Ex Bernard C. Pickard Collection.

Photographed with D.H's original label.

THE HIGH MEDIEVAL PERIOD

LEAD SEAL MATRIX

Europe

High Medieval Period

c. 1200 - 1299 AD

(~ 800 - 700 years old)

Photographed with D.H's original label

THE HIGH MEDIEVAL PERIOD

BRONZE ANNULAR BROOCH

Found in Scotland

High (mid) - Late Medieval Period

c. 1200 - 1400 AD

(~ 600 - 800 years old)

Ex Lance Chaplin Collection.

Photographed with D.H's original label

THE HIGH MEDIEVAL PERIOD

BRONZE ANNULAR BROOCH

Found in Dorset

High (mid) - Late Medieval Period

c. 1200 - 1400 AD

(~ 800 - 600 years old)

Ex Lance Chaplin Collection.

Photographed with D.H's original label

Section 3 - THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

LEAD SEAL MATRIX

Late Medieval Period

c. 1300 - 1400

(~ 600 - 700 years old)

Photographed with D.H's original label

THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

BRONZE BELT STUDS

(Group of 9)

Late Medieval Period

c. 1300 - 1400 AD

(~ 600 - 700 years old)

Photographed with D.H's original label

THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

LEAD PILGRIM AMPULLA

Late Medieval Period

c. 1200 - 1500 AD

(~ 500 - 800 Years old)

Photographed with D.H's original label

THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

BRONZE BUCKLE

Late Medieval Period

c. 1400 AD

(~ 600 years old)

'From an old collection'

Photographed with D.H's original label

Section 4 - THE POST MEDIEVAL PERIOD