In 2009, a metal detectorist discovered a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver in a field in Staffordshire. Hence, it quickly became known as ‘The Staffordshire Hoard’. It was, and remains, the biggest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold (4 kg) and silver (1.7 kg) ever discovered and comprised of more than 4000 fragments that equated to over 600 discrete objects and larger pieces. The Staffordshire Hoard is co-owned by Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent City Councils and is cared for on behalf of the nation by Birmingham Museums Trust and The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Over the intervening years, most of the larger and recognisably important pieces have now been identified and catalogued. We now also know an exceptional amount about their probable methods of manufacture, artistic styles, date, and function. This paper focuses on what is now known to be one of the most fragmented yet magnificent of its objects, a Helmet that has been declared as being ‘fit for a king’, but which was found scattered into well over 1000 disparate fragments. Fragments that are now considered to make up around one-third of the Hoard’s total of finds and compose this single high-status Golden Helmet. Too damaged and incomplete to be re-joined or displayed in a form that delivers to the casual observer a true sense of the majesty of the original. Thus, the museums responsible for the collection commissioned an experimental reconstruction project to create two of the helmets for display in their shared Hoard collections.

2009 年，一名金属探测员在斯塔福德郡的一块田地里发现了大量盎格鲁撒克逊金银。因此，它很快就被称为“斯塔福德郡宝藏”。它曾经并且仍然是迄今为止发现的最大的盎格鲁撒克逊金（4 公斤）和银（1.7 公斤）藏品，由 4000 多个碎片组成，相当于 600 多个离散物体和更大的碎片。斯塔福德郡宝藏由伯明翰市议会和特伦特河畔斯托克市议会共同拥有，并由伯明翰博物馆信托基金和陶器博物馆和艺术画廊代表国家进行管理。在随后的几年里，大多数较大的、公认的重要作品现在已经被识别和编目。我们现在也非常了解它们可能的制造方法、艺术风格、日期和功能。这篇论文的重点是现在已知的最破碎但最宏伟的物品之一，一顶被称为“适合国王”的头盔，但它被发现分散成 1000 多个不同的碎片。现在被认为占宝藏总发现量约三分之一的碎片，并构成了这顶高地位的金头盔。太损坏和不完整，无法重新连接或以一种形式展示，让不经意的观察者真正感受到原始的威严。因此，负责收藏的博物馆委托进行了一个实验性重建项目，以制作两顶头盔，用于在他们共享的囤积收藏中展示。但被发现分散成超过 1000 个不同的碎片。现在被认为占宝藏总发现量约三分之一的碎片，并构成了这顶高地位的金头盔。太损坏和不完整，无法重新连接或以一种形式展示，让不经意的观察者真正感受到原始的威严。因此，负责收藏的博物馆委托进行了一个实验性重建项目，以制作两顶头盔，用于在他们共享的囤积收藏中展示。但被发现分散成超过 1000 个不同的碎片。现在被认为占宝藏总发现量约三分之一的碎片，并构成了这顶高地位的金头盔。太损坏和不完整，无法重新连接或以一种形式展示，让不经意的观察者真正感受到原始的威严。因此，负责收藏的博物馆委托进行了一个实验性重建项目，以制作两顶头盔，用于在他们共享的囤积收藏中展示。太损坏和不完整，无法重新连接或以一种形式展示，让不经意的观察者真正感受到原始的威严。因此，负责收藏的博物馆委托进行了一个实验性重建项目，以制作两顶头盔，用于在他们共享的囤积收藏中展示。太损坏和不完整，无法重新连接或以一种形式展示，让不经意的观察者真正感受到原始的威严。因此，负责收藏的博物馆委托进行了一个实验性重建项目，以制作两顶头盔，用于在他们共享的囤积收藏中展示。