The Ozengell Collection
The latest in the series on online talks hosted by the KAS, featuring KAS Curator Andy Ward discussing the Anglo-Saxon Ozengell Collection.
#MuseumMonday: Copper-alloy sword pommel
Its #MuseumMonday! On Friday 13th our curator Andy organised a research visit with Professor John Hines, Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University.
Curator’s Corner: Early Medieval Inlaid Weaponry
Andy Ward, KAS Curator, 2023, KAS Magazine (Winter 2023). Maidstone: Kent Archaeological Society.
Sarre or Bifrons cemetery knife
KAS Curator Andy Ward shares an Anglo-Saxon knife with crisscrossed inlaid gold, silver and copper decoration.
Northfleet francisca
It's #MuseumMonday! Curator Andy Ward shares the Northfleet Francisca (throwing axe).
Society purchases the Ozengell Anglo-Saxon Collection
The Society is excited to announce the acquisition of the Ozengell Anglo-Saxon Collection; a unique legacy from the 7th century.
Gold, Garnet and the Treasure Act: a new acquisition and some essential guidance
KAS Honorary Curator Dr Elizabeth Blanning unveils a significant addition to the KAS Collection, an item of Early Medieval jewelry which has been recovered from private ownership. She will be discussing the significance of the object with Kent Finds Liaison Officer Jo Ahmet, a specialist in this particular period.
Society acquires gold garnet pendant cross
The Society has taken the opportunity to obtain another significant piece in the form of a gold and garnet pendant cross, found by metal detectorist David Haigh at Elham and reported through the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
- Andy Ward
- Archaeology Research Group
- Association of Independent Museums
- Bifrons
- Bronze Age
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Ceramics
- Coinage
- Coins
- Elham
- Elizabeth Blanning
- Flint
- Fossils
- Glassware
- Hartlip
- Heritage
- History & Archives Research Group
- Illustrations
- Iron Age
- Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society
- Jewelry
- KAS Collections
- Kent Archaeological Society
- Kent County Show
- Leeds Priory
- Lees Court Estate
- Lees Court Estate Project
- Lees Court Project
- Lullingstone
- Lympne
- Maidstone Museum
- Margate
- Medieval
- Metal Detecting
- Milton
- Minster
- Modern
- Northfleet
- Ozengell
- Patrixbourne
- Pilgrim Trust
- Prehistoric
- Ramsgate
- Richborough
- River Medway
- Rochester
- Sarre
- Society Collections
- Swale
- Trottiscliffe
- Trust for Thanet Archaeology
- Volunteering
- Weaponry