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The Battersea Shield is one of the most significant pieces of ancient Celtic art found in Britain. [1]

20 relations: Art of the United Kingdom, Battersea Cauldron, Battersea Shield (EP), British Museum, Celtic art, Celtic polytheism, Champlevé, Chelsea Bridge, Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–19, History of art, La Tène culture, List of traditional armaments, Seax of Beagnoth, Shield, Swastika, Torrs Pony-cap and Horns, Wandsworth Shield, Waterloo Helmet, Witham Shield, 1857 in archaeology.

Art of the United Kingdom

The Art of the United Kingdom refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with the United Kingdom since the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and encompass English art, Scottish art, Welsh art and Irish art, and forms part of Western art history.

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Battersea Cauldron

The Battersea Cauldron is a large bronze cooking vessel, dated to 800BC to 700BC.

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Battersea Shield (EP)

Battersea Shield is a 2004 EP by The Orb and Meat Beat Manifesto.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Celtic art

Celtic art is associated with the peoples known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period, as well as the art of ancient peoples whose language is uncertain, but have cultural and stylistic similarities with speakers of Celtic languages.

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Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism, commonly known as Celtic paganism, comprises the religious beliefs and practices adhered to by the Iron Age people of Western Europe now known as the Celts, roughly between 500 BCE and 500 CE, spanning the La Tène period and the Roman era, and in the case of the Insular Celts the British and Irish Iron Age.

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Champlevé

Champlevé is an enamelling technique in the decorative arts, or an object made by that process, in which troughs or cells are carved, etched, die struck, or cast into the surface of a metal object, and filled with vitreous enamel.

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Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank.

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Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–19

This is a list of Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019.

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History of art

The history of art focuses on objects made by humans in visual form for aesthetic purposes.

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La Tène culture

The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, where thousands of objects had been deposited in the lake, as was discovered after the water level dropped in 1857.

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List of traditional armaments

This list of traditional armaments tries to include all "traditional" armaments.

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Seax of Beagnoth

The Seax of Beagnoth (also known as the Thames scramasax) is a 10th-century Anglo-Saxon seax (single-edged knife).

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Shield

A shield is a piece of personal armour held in the hand or mounted on the wrist or forearm.

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Swastika

The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon from the cultures of Eurasia, where it has been and remains a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, Chinese religions, Mongolian and Siberian shamanisms.

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Torrs Pony-cap and Horns

The Torrs Horns and Torrs Pony-cap (once together known as the Torrs Chamfrein) are Iron Age bronze pieces now in the National Museum of Scotland, which were found together, but whose relationship is one of many questions about these "famous and controversial" objects that continue to be debated by scholars.

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Wandsworth Shield

The Wandsworth Shield is a circular bronze Iron Age shield boss or mount decorated in La Tène style that was found in the River Thames at Wandsworth in London sometime before 1849.

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Waterloo Helmet

The Waterloo Helmet (also known as the Waterloo Bridge Helmet) is a pre-Roman Celtic bronze ceremonial horned helmet with repoussé decoration in the La Tène style, dating to circa 150–50 BC, that was found in 1868 in the River Thames by Waterloo Bridge in London, England.

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Witham Shield

The Witham Shield is an Iron Age decorative bronze shield facing of La Tène style, dating from about the 4th century BC.

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1857 in archaeology

1857 in archaeology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Shield

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