Silverdale Hoard at the Lancaster Museum

The Silverdale Hoard is on loan from the London Museum until the 7th December 2014. The hoard was found in a field by a metal detectorist in 2011 and consists of over 200 pieces of silver jewellery, coins and hack silver.

The find dates to about AD 900 which was a time of intense conflict between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danish settlers of Northern England.

Other hoards found in the area include the Cuerdale Hoard found by workmen in 1840 (which is the largest ever found in the U.K)., The Huxley Hoard found in Cheshire in 2004 and the Furness Hoard found in 2011 and now in the Dock museum, Barrow-in-Furness.

Detector finds at ebid

Bellville Sassoon

Bellville Sassoon was found by Belinda Bellville and David Sassoon in the 1950's, Belinda retired in 1981. The Company is currently run by Locan Mullany.

Belinda's inspiration probably came from her  Grandmother Cuckoo Leith who ran a dress shop in the 1920's.

Bellville designed dresses for Princess Diana (Gonzaga Dress), Princess Margaret, Princess Michael of Kent, the Duchess of York, Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Jerry Hall, Melanie Griffith, Helen Mirren, Ivana Trump and Madonna. Her designs have also appeared on the covers of Vogue and Harpers magazine.