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Treasures of the Thomas Layton Collection: Ancient Artefacts from Across Millennia

Explore the fascinating artefacts from the Thomas Layton Collection, now housed in the Museum of London. This diverse assortment includes a Roman cavalry parade helmet from Ribchester (1799), Neolithic flint tools, and Iron Age bronze tankards. Discover items like a polished flint axe, a Samian dish from the 1st century AD, and a ceramic healing shrine model from Italy. The collection also features various artefacts spanning different cultures, including an Egyptian shabti, a Maori feather box, and more, reflecting the rich history of human civilization.

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Treasures of the Thomas Layton Collection: Ancient Artefacts from Across Millennia

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  1. Artefacts from the Thomas Layton Collection Most of these are now to be found in the Museum of London collections.

  2. Engraving of a Roman cavalry parade helmet found Ribchester 1799

  3. Neolithic (4,000 – 2,200 BC discoidal flint knife

  4. Early Bronze Age Stone axe-hammer from Old England

  5. An Iron Age bronze clad handled tankard

  6. Iron Age Bronze Chariot fitting or ‘chariot horn cap’ from Brentford

  7. Lower Palaeolithic (5000,000-40,000 BC) handaxe from Hanwell

  8. Neolithic (4,000 – 2,000 BC) polished flint axe from Brentford

  9. Early Neolithic leaf shaped arrowhead

  10. Late Bronze Age socketed axehead from Chiswick

  11. Samian dish (1st Century and 2nd century AD)

  12. Ceramic model of a foot from a healing shrine in Italy 300 – 101 BC

  13. Figurine of Ceres from Sardinia (43 – 410 AD)

  14. Stone Egyptian shabti (2,000 – 1,000 BC)

  15. Pourer from Athens (400 – 301 BC)

  16. Trefoil mouthed jug from the South Italian Greek colonies (400 – 301 BC)

  17. Red-slipped ware jug from Roman North Africa (mid 2nd – 3rd Century AD

  18. Stoneware “Bellarmine” jug from Germany (1601 – 1700 AD)

  19. Early Bronze Age ceramic beaker from Old England

  20. Dock forgery or “Shadwell Sham” medallion bearing date 1011 (late 19th century)

  21. Cast Bronze club based on Maori patoo and bearing the crest of Joseph Banks (1772)

  22. Maori feather box from New Zealand (unknown date, but maybe 18th-19th centuries)

  23. Painted dancing shield from East Indonesia (18th or 19th centuries)

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