I WILL BE LISTING MORE OF THE RARE AND UNIQUE JEWELLERS LITTLE ESTATE MUSEUM ITEMS FROM DIGS AROUND LONDON THAMES MUD BY THE ESTATE SON JAMES DURING HIS THREE VISITS TO LONDON. This is a very interesting piece from the little estate Museum it is an embossed unique bronze/brass artifact item dug from the London Thames mud by their son James during his digging tour of the Thames river mud in the late 1950's, and it is most probably from George III c1780's or slightly earlier and is in really good condition considering its age ( about 250 years ) and even has some enamel still on it, the dirt was carefully cleaned off revealing some gilding and the enamel, it was displayed in the estates little Museum cabinet No. 336. Some interesting London ( Londinium ) history to read. The Vikings attacked London in AD 842, and again in AD 851, and The Great Army spent the winter in the town in AD 871-72. Alfred the Great, who became king in AD 878, forced the Vikings to make peace and fortified the town, during the next century London became the most powerful town in England. Beginning occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius in ad 43, the Roman armies soon gained control of much of the southeast of Britain. At a point just north of the marshy valley of the Thames, where two low hills were sited, they established Londinium with a bridge giving access from land to the south. The first mention of London refers to the year ad 60 and occurs in the work of the Roman historian Tacitus. Please view pictures all questions answered for you. BOXED AND TRACKED POSTAGE WITHIN NEW ZEALAND IS $7.50