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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2008.C122 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name locket, locket Description This gilt book-shaped locket has pages of photos inside. It is suspended from a broad metal loop.This locket is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition as part of the dragon's hoard. According to some legends, dragons were known for hoarding treasure and they especially had a love of gold. This originated in early medieval stories. One account from the poem Beowulf describes the theft of a golden cup from a dragon’s hoard. The dragon, in anger at their treasure being stolen, destroyed the nearby town. Material metal, paper Dimensions length: 20.00 mm length: 15.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2008.C122
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

locket, locket
Description

This gilt book-shaped locket has pages of photos inside. It is suspended from a broad metal loop.This locket is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition as part of the dragon's hoard. According to some legends, dragons were known for hoarding treasure and they especially had a love of gold. This originated in early medieval stories. One account from the poem Beowulf describes the theft of a golden cup from a dragon’s hoard. The dragon, in anger at their treasure being stolen, destroyed the nearby town.
Material

metal, paper
Dimensions

Details