Shropshire bulla

The Shropshire bulla is a D-shaped hollow object created from pieces of gold sheet metal by a highly-skilled craftsman.

The Shropshire bulla is an example of "reversible fashion"; the front and back are alike in design, either side can be selected to be the presenting face.

[3] [4] The Shropshire pendant is decorated with an intricately carved geometric design, embellished with tiny triangles consisting of evenly spaced diagonal lines.

The names of the landowner and metal detectorist, and the location, were not revealed, in order to protect the findspot and potential archaeological artefacts.

This artefact is the most south-westerly example of high-quality Late British Bronze Age gold metalwork production and deposition.

The Shropshire bulla
The Shropshire Bulla on display at 'The World of Stonehenge' exhibition, British Museum , 2022