page_title: Mildenhall Treasure
section_title: The contents of the hoard
hierarchical_section_title: Mildenhall Treasure / The contents of the hoard
caption_attribution_description: English: Unwarped version of the Mildenhall treasure great dish (british museum)
context_page_description: The Mildenhall Treasure is a large hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the fourth century AD, and by far the most valuable Roman objects artistically and by weight of bullion in Britain. It was found at West Row, near Mildenhall, Suffolk, in 1942. It consists of over thirty items and includes the Great Dish which weighs over 8kg.
  The collection is on view in the British Museum because of its immense importance and value, and replicas are on show in the local museum at Mildenhall.
context_section_description: The treasure consists of silver tableware of types current in the 4th century, and was probably concealed at some time in that century.   Most of the objects are comparatively large, and all are of very high-quality workmanship.
  The hoard consists of two large serving platters, two small decorated serving plates, a deep fluted bowl, a set of four large decorated bowls, two small decorated bowls, two small pedestalled dishes, a deep flanged bowl with a deep, domed cover, five small round ladles with dolphin-shaped handles, and eight long-handled spoons (cochlearia).
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