[1] The rich grave group was found in 1855 under a small mound near the town of Artres in Pas-de-Calais, northern France.

Most of the hoard was purchased by the curator and philanthropist Augustus Wollaston Franks, who bequeathed it to the British Museum in 1897.

[2] It has recently been shown that a gold disk pendant (now in the Ashmolean Museum) was also part of the hoard.

It is composed of two large gilded silver fan-shaped brooches, a pair of small gold and garnet encrusted brooches in the shape of a bird, a pair of matching earrings, a crystal ball pendant and a small silver bracelet.

Other items in the hoard included a finger ring and a large crystal ball; the whereabouts of these objects are unknown.